Exhaust heat sheild

[RustyMojo]

So my back box heat shield on my 182 is cabbaged/very Rotten and given I am working underneath the car currently it’s annoying me no end. So I spoke with Renault and they are no longer supplying!! I’m going to guess most of these heat shields are going to be past their best now. So finding a used one may be difficult! So what are the options? Has anyone made one out side some of the engine heat shield material such as this?

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SINGLE LAYER aluminium flat sheet, double embossed. Turbo Blanket. Welding Blanket. Ceramic Fiber Blanket. EMBOSSED ALUMIMNUM HEAT SHIELD. Adhesive Backed Lava Shield. Aramid Heat Shield Sleeve. We integrate the R&D, manufacture and sales of glass fiber products in China.

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Any other suggestions?

 

[bozothenutter]

Removed mine about a year ago....been fine

 

[RustyMojo]

Really? Was particularly comfortable with a hot exhaust and a plastic petrol tank?

 

[bozothenutter]

Really? Was particularly comfortable with a hot exhaust and a plastic petrol tank?

Tank is NOT under the boot floor mate....
That is a whole other part of the shield!
Assume nothing.....😉

 

[RustyMojo]

Tank is NOT under the boot floor mate....
That is a whole other part of the shield!
Assume nothing.....😉

Eh? The exhaust runs through a cut out/indent in the tank???

 

[Eddie555]

So my back box heat shield on my 182 is cabbaged/very Rotten and given I am working underneath the car currently it’s annoying me no end. So I spoke with Renault and they are no longer supplying!! I’m going to guess most of these heat shields are going to be past their best now. So finding a used one may be difficult! So what are the options? Has anyone made one out side some of the engine heat shield material such as this?

GII G2 Embossed Aluminium Heat Shield Material Simgle Layer Sheet Exclusive NEW | eBay

SINGLE LAYER aluminium flat sheet, double embossed. Turbo Blanket. Welding Blanket. Ceramic Fiber Blanket. EMBOSSED ALUMIMNUM HEAT SHIELD. Adhesive Backed Lava Shield. Aramid Heat Shield Sleeve. We integrate the R&D, manufacture and sales of glass fiber products in China.

www.ebay.co.uk

Any other suggestions?

I know exactly what you mean about its a bit rotten under there.. Mine is looking dodgy in places and needs replacing.. Its a job i'm avoiding at the moment as i have plenty to do already.. What youve posted is what ill be using to replace mine so youre on the right path.. Ill just remove my old shields and use them as templates..

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[RustyMojo]

I know exactly what you mean about its a bit rotten under there.. Mine is looking dodgy in places and needs replacing.. Its a job i'm avoiding at the moment as i have plenty to do already.. What youve posted is what ill be using to replace mine so youre on the right path.. Ill just remove my old shields and use them as templates..

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perfect, it looks simple enough to do and given it’s hidden largely by the exhaust and underneath the car, I can’t see me making too much of a hash of it! Noticed I don’t actually have a bad box heat shield. That must have been removed years ago. Not sure one is needed under the boot floor mind.

 

[Eddie555]

perfect, it looks simple enough to do and given it’s hidden largely by the exhaust and underneath the car, I can’t see me making too much of a hash of it! Noticed I don’t actually have a bad box heat shield. That must have been removed years ago. Not sure one is needed under the boot floor mind.

The only thing im scared of is ive tried to remove some of the Torx head screws holding some parts of shields along the tunnel and they're pretty well seized.. I can see me under there quite a while drilling and re-taping them. Its not going to be an easy job..

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[RustyMojo]

I have been so lucky! Mine were perfect! Hardly any grief at all... that said everything else had been welded in with rust so far! I’m just waiting for a delivery now so I can finish off the back end of the car floor pan, then I need a blaster/powder coater to reopen so I can get my rear beam reconditioned then I will move on to the middle section of the floor pan. Think I’ll replace all of the heat shields with my own custom versions to tidy things up a little. I am changing the exhaust anyway, so will drop it all out and make some templates.

 

[bozothenutter]

Eh? The exhaust runs through a cut out/indent in the tank???
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Sooo.....NOT the backbox then ? 🙄
Get some good self adhesive heat shield, and forget about it.

 

[RustyMojo]

Well it runs to where the back box joins, but like I said over the fuel tank. No need to be pedantic! Self adhesive probably isn’t going to be great underneath the car. Think I’m going to make my own out of the stuff I linked earlier

 

[Eddie555]

I have been so lucky! Mine were perfect! Hardly any grief at all... that said everything else had been welded in with rust so far! I’m just waiting for a delivery now so I can finish off the back end of the car floor pan, then I need a blaster/powder coater to reopen so I can get my rear beam reconditioned then I will move on to the middle section of the floor pan. Think I’ll replace all of the heat shields with my own custom versions to tidy things up a little. I am changing the exhaust anyway, so will drop it all out and make some templates.

Where are you based?

I use these guys for all my powder coating.. Very reasonably priced and quick turn around, normally 48hrs..

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[RustyMojo]

I’m in Gloucestershire, so that’s not a huge distance away! But wife will kill me if I make a trip car related so it’s on hold until lockdown is over

 

[RustyMojo]

I’m in Gloucestershire, so that’s not a huge distance away! But wife will kill me if I make a trip car related so it’s on hold until lockdown is over