Boot floor of a clio.

[Liftnub]

On the boot floor of a 172 (probably most clios) there is an extra plate situated above where the exhaust should be. Is this plate a heat shield or some sort of sound insulation? Also, how important is it, as I assume Renault didnt put it there for a laugh.

 

[Nick Read]

Yes it would be sound and heat insulation

 

[Liftnub]

Cheers for that.

Rather unsurprisingly the "engineers" at Renault have no idea what its for.

 

[Nafoff]

had one on my valver......had one.....got rid of mine as the exhaust clipped it at some point...got quite annoying now the exhaust sits far away enough to not warrent a heatshield

 

[Liftnub]

I should probably point out that this plate is actually inside the boot, not underneath the car.

Basically, open the boot lift the carpet and there it is on the left.

 

[Nafoff]

ahh i was on about the heat shield under the car...dunno what that is sorry mate