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Clio 16valver
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Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Posts: 83

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:05 pm

Hi guys, ive decided to take the manifold heatshield off my car because it was looking a bit worse for ware, have any of you taken yours off and is it ok too? i dont want my valver going up in smoke! cheers
Doc
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:10 pm

tbh I dont see it causing too many issues but surely its there for a reason?

perhaps your better off getting a better second hand one for it and swapping them over. it is only a tenner after all.
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:04 pm

its fine to have it off, half of them byu now don;t have them.
BenLewisMav
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Posts: 119

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:29 pm

would it be the headshield thats rattling at 4000 rpm with my straight-thro de-cat exhaust?

(It always makes a metallic rattling sound just as it goes up thro 4000-4500 rpm, sounds pretty rally stylee but does make me wonder...)
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:31 pm

that might be the downpipe heatshield
BenLewisMav
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:42 pm

Ah rite, easily removed? necessary?
I'd be interested to hear what it sounds like without it, but now ive got pretty loud ticking/rattling noise from the head (in sync with the rpm) after a bit of motorway ragging session Sad shes been good to me so far though...
Im thinking (/hoping) that its just the tappets, getting stuck or something, otherwise its gonna b valve/cam related Evil or Very Mad


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BenLewisMav
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:43 pm

Actually another thought was that it was a bearing in an aux. component such as the alternator, but after a listen again today it does sounds like its from the head
Chris H
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:47 pm

probably a tappet.

removing the downpipe heatshield won't make it much louder if at all. My chammys one squeaks at 80
BenLewisMav
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Posts: 119

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:00 pm

squeaks? haha cant imagine
I guess ill have 2 record a video to show u what i mean, it reminds me in a way of my friends Civic Type R when it hits v-tec (although obviously not QUITE so extreme), it just makes this weird fast rattle-hiss sound and goes loud as.
It could well b the heatshield shaking because of the resonance from the exhaust @ that rev range, (like the exhaust creates a certain bass frequency tone @ 4000rpm that makes it shake), it also happens when i'm really slowing taking it up and down through 4000-4500 rpm.
Ah well anyways

how can I tell if the clicking is an injector f**kin up? It hasnt really lost much performance since the ticking has come on, it has symptoms of both really
friart
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Joined: 08 Jun 2006
Posts: 68

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:33 pm

i think she deservse a bit of respect

bein the age she is.

beins your 19 shes most probly had owners before you, whos ragged the fuck out of her, and shes gettin tired.

i see my 19 as an extention of my personality
my first car was a 19 16v ph1 , when i was 17 .
it was a bit of a shock doing 140 down the local bypass 2 hours after i passed my test!
then i bort another phase 1 valver
now im on my third and i dont ever think i will change
bbracer16valver
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Joined: 23 Dec 2005
Posts: 3315

Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:03 am

ben i told you the heat sheild above the cat (or where it was)
get a better pipe and it wont sound so poo aswell


and use oil mo fo then the ticking will go!!

of course you dont giv a shit what i say do ya lol cause i must be wrong Wink
Roger Red Hat
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Joined: 13 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:25 am

my manifold to downpipe heatshiled on the clio fell apart when i touched it

currently not running it.
david3533
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:57 am

heat shields are for whimps Very Happy Laughing nothing like melting your shoes on the floor Laughing Laughing Laughing
hooverphonique
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Joined: 10 Nov 2005
Posts: 149

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:25 pm

is this about the the "tin foil" heat shield on the torpedo or is there a heat shield bolted to the manifold/downpipe as well?
Wicked Neo
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Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 3680

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:17 am

heat sheilds for the win!!

my 19 wont start after a run if i don't have the sheild on that protects the starter motor from the exhaust manifold's heat.
Neal
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Posts: 7432

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:29 am

Remove the bottom bulkhead one and you won't have any brakes after a run either.
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