Exhaust Heat Shield Rattle and Removal (Merged Topic)

[Guest rabbit]

or all Falcons?

I have an XR6 (NA) and at idle I get a vibration from the engine bay.

rabbit.

[Hitman]

rabbit,

the rattle is coming from the exhaust system heat shield, I have taken mine off to stop this noise.

Edited 12/08/04 03:24 AM by Hitman

[Falchoon]

Not sure if n/a has the same heatsheild on exhaust as turbos but it seems to be a reasonably common problem with them rattling. Mine did, dealer tightened them up at service time, next service they were rattling again so they replaced them (warranty).

[Chris xr6]

or all Falcons?

I have an XR6 (NA) and at idle I get a vibration from the engine bay.

rabbit.

I had a rattle in mine also when I took the heat shield off I found that the actual manifold was loose, it is in two pieces the bolts between the two halves were loose as well as the actual bolts going into the cylinder head!

[voy74656]

My heatshield is loose as well...gotta get it fixed

[Guest ba XR6]

mine is aswell been done 4 times and I am sick of it

[turb06]

rabbit,

the rattle is coming from the exhaust system heat shield, I have taken mine off to stop this noise.

I would be careful about removing the heat shield, it was put there for a reason, and if anything fails, like some sort of hose or whatever because you removed it, the dealer wont cover your warranty. I would put it back on and get it tightened every time it comes loose. Mine has come loose once and hasnt come loose since it was tightened up 20,000klms ago.

[jordak]

mine is aswell been done 4 times and I am sick of it

Hoist it up, bend the heatshield away from anywhere it touches the exhaust until the rattle stops (trial & error) prob. solvered. 10mins, $10 for using the hoist and you've still retained an amicable relationship with your dealer just in case you actually need them to do something for you in the future.

[Guest rabbit]

thanks for the info

[Hitman]

I would be careful about removing the heat shield,

turb06 mine was taken off by my ford dealer, I had it tightened about 7 times with no luck that’s including strapping it why they did that I have know idea “Strap broke after 2 days” . I have run my car with out the shield for about 10,000Klms and no problem..