I think somebody bent my radiator fins… was it vandalism, an animal?
So today as I walked down towards my car, kept in a secure underground garage with key fob access only, I noticed from a distance my two front radiators were “shinier” than usual.
As I got closer I realised a lot of the fins were bent in the same direction, almost as if someone ran their fingers or a tool over them to bend them. I am 100% sure these weren’t like this on Sunday when I last used the car. These radiators are pretty new changed about 1.5 years ago when I bought the car. They did have some stone chips as usual, but not this.
Is this possible to happen on its own? I’m confused as to why someone would do this. As a grown man you’d need to be on your side on the floor to reach the spots at the top of the radiator and bend them like that.
I’m really annoyed as I was looking to sell the car soon, this seems like something I might need to replace or spend hours trying to bend these back.
I ran the car today and no issues keeping water temp at 90c, this was mostly motorway use.
I am waiting for the estate manager to release camera footage from the garage as my car is directly below camera. Still confused why someone would do this…
Any ideas as to how else this could have happened are welcome