Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I hate to say it but I bet if you add up all the surface area of the mesh in the screen you more than likely blocked off the radiator more.
Did the math once on a race car and it was amazing how fast the little screen surface area added up. :E When in practice it got hotter. We ducted it and that ended all of our problems.
I agree in that you should run hotter with that screen short term. Long term without maintenance of cleaning might be a different story.
Sincerely my 5 million mile 2006 Ram :B