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tonymccandless

New Member

• Jul 7, 2010

• #1

Has anybody ever found after-market heat shields ? I tried 3 different after market parts retailers and all said the same thing, genuine part only.

Gen part no's are WEB101840 and ESR3666. Believe it or not £70 and £48 a piece

I reckon if somebody took this on and produced decent quality replacements they would be onto a good thing.

 

robp38

Well-Known Member

• Jul 7, 2010

• #2

even better if they fit it with accessable fasteners unlike the originals

 

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Dave2263

New Member

• Oct 31, 2012

• #3

hi all, i'm a newbee to LZ and I hope someone can help with my problem.
I'm in the process of stripping down my 4.0 P38 as I've blown a head gasket. Problem is, the heat shields over the manifolds.
The bolts where so siezed that I've had to all but destroy them to get them off.
Is it safe to run without these in place. I know they protect the leads and plugs from excess heat but is there any other reasons why they should be in place.
Any thoughts please.

 

SpacePig

New Member

• Nov 1, 2012

• #4

Dave2263 said:

hi all, i'm a newbee to LZ and I hope someone can help with my problem.
I'm in the process of stripping down my 4.0 P38 as I've blown a head gasket. Problem is, the heat shields over the manifolds.
The bolts where so siezed that I've had to all but destroy them to get them off.
Is it safe to run without these in place. I know they protect the leads and plugs from excess heat but is there any other reasons why they should be in place.
Any thoughts please.

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I heard, and please correct me if I am wrong, that not having these heat-shield could in extreme condition start a fire in the engine bay area.

 

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Dave2263

New Member

• Nov 1, 2012

• #5

serious stuff, thanks for that.
Will have to invest or fabricate some. Apparently they are £40 a side from the main stealer.

 

Grit Valve

2000 4.6 Vouge

• Nov 1, 2012

• #6

Aluminium and tin snips can take you a long way ...and above make out of aluminium cheap and simple to work with they haven't got to look pretty, they just got to do there job

 

kooky_guy

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2012

• #7

I was reading someone's blog the other day and they just used heat wrap round the manifolds instead of the shields.

Can't remember whose it was now, but it was a link from here somewhere...

Ah, here it is...

Range Rover 4.6 HSE - Detailing World

About 3/4 of the way down where he's fixing his head gasket.

 

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sandyt

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2012

• #8

Best to use heat shields if pos try Emmotts joe might have some cheap

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Nov 1, 2012

• #9

Just make them out of thin ally sheet and if you are fussy tack some glass fire blanket mat on the top side.