P38 Exhaust Manifold Heat Shields

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• Aug 17, 2006

• #1

HTF are you supposed to remove the heat shields off the manifolds with
the engine in the car, especially the RH one? Workshop manual says
"remove 8 bolts...." Yeah right !!! One is easy, the next is a bit
tricky, one is at the back & five are underneath. Oh, and all are
rusted solid !!!

Cheers,
Chris.

 

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Badger

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• Aug 17, 2006

• #2

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> HTF are you supposed to remove the heat shields off the manifolds with
> the engine in the car, especially the RH one? Workshop manual says
> "remove 8 bolts...." Yeah right !!! One is easy, the next is a bit
> tricky, one is at the back & five are underneath. Oh, and all are
> rusted solid !!!

The heat shields normally get ripped off and binned for the very reasons you
quote! The std manifolds are of a very good design, I would advise against
replacing them with aftermarket items.
badger.

 

C

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• Aug 18, 2006

• #3

> The heat shields normally get ripped off and binned for the very
reasons you
> quote! The std manifolds are of a very good design, I would advise against
> replacing them with aftermarket items.
> badger.

That's fine by me, the manifolds do look pretty good to be honest
......but would you recommend some form of heat insulating wrap or
similar? I can't see the plug leads being done any favours otherwise.

Cheers,
Chris.