To get at the heatercore itself you need to crack open the casing. Simply take the F.A.D. and whack at the little clips. Soon half the casing will come away. The other half is secured via a pair of screws to the heatercore, unscrew these and you have the bare heatercore.

This is the fruits of your labours! A few minutes spent cleaning it up, and then a thorough flushing with clean water and you are ready for action! I suggest building a simple duct rather than directly mounting the fans onto it (It is perfectly sized for a pair of 120 mm case fans) as this will cause less restriction to airflow. A word of warning: this heatercore is made solely from aluminium, therefore if used in conjunction with a copper waterblock its best to use distilled water and antifreeze to help prevent galvanic corrosion.

I hope this has been of some use, and cleared up some of the mystery in acquiring a heatercore.

Thanks go to Spode for a lot of help in pulling various cars to bits in search of the (almost) perfect heatercore.

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