Missing exhaust heatshield? Now an MOT failure. - Page 3

victorgte · 30th May 2018, 14:00

Heat shield is sheet aluminium. Can’t be too difficult to fabricate a couple of pieces to fit?

Lordy · 30th May 2018, 14:30

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Originally Posted by trikey

So what about when you’ve fitted twin pipes at the rear? The shield over the rh side one was not fitted in the factory so would it fail the mot?

Oh god don't as that's what's going too happen too mine.

maxi_crawf · 30th May 2018, 17:44

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Originally Posted by steve-45

My Ginetta G31 does not have any exhaust heat shields and its a fibre glass body.

If I ever get it back on the road, I wonder what a tester will make of that ?

Well if it did not have them originally why would it fail on that?

Fox3 · 1st June 2018, 04:50

Update on this.

Garage have purchased some universal heat shield to fabricate into a section to line the part where it goes along the fuel tank. Hopefully it should be fitted today.

As it's classed as a dangerous fault, the car is unsafe to drive and there is a possibility I'd get fined for having no MOT and driving a dangerous vehicle.(Regardless of the fact the old MOT doesn't expire for nearly a month)

Its failed on section 6.1.3.e, this relates to the following :-

6.1.3 Fuel system
You must check the fuel system on all vehicles with internal combustion engines and hydrogen fuel cells.

e. Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment
Dangerous

Up until two weeks ago they admitted if someone came in with a loose heatshield, if it wasn't a simple repair, they'd just been removing them.

Arctic · 1st June 2018, 11:04

I have fixed at least 6 of these heat shields over the last 18 months/2 years on Nano members cars, the main problem is the steel bolts used to hold them up have a chemical reaction with the alloy and it eats the alloy away round the fixing bolt area.

I had some old alloy sheet so I made up some larger washer from it this then can be bolted over the damaged area and it holds up the heat shield.

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I also had to remove an heat shield from another members car only last week, it had been crumpled up and was hanging on the exhaust under the fuel tank, it must have been hanging down when he went over something which crumpled it up, he as been advised to get a replacement asap.

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victorgte I really should get out more....... MGTF, MGZT, Range Rover Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 2,803 Thanks: 395 Thanked 633 Times in 446 Posts	Heat shield is sheet aluminium. Can’t be too difficult to fabricate a couple of pieces to fit? __________________ MG TF 135, MG ZT, Range Rover P38

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Fox3 Avid contributor MG ZT CDTi and MG ZT 190 Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 188 Thanks: 53 Thanked 45 Times in 30 Posts	Update on this. Garage have purchased some universal heat shield to fabricate into a section to line the part where it goes along the fuel tank. Hopefully it should be fitted today. As it's classed as a dangerous fault, the car is unsafe to drive and there is a possibility I'd get fined for having no MOT and driving a dangerous vehicle.(Regardless of the fact the old MOT doesn't expire for nearly a month) Its failed on section 6.1.3.e, this relates to the following :- 6.1.3 Fuel system You must check the fuel system on all vehicles with internal combustion engines and hydrogen fuel cells. e. Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment Dangerous Up until two weeks ago they admitted if someone came in with a loose heatshield, if it wasn't a simple repair, they'd just been removing them. __________________ 2003 ZT+ CDTI

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Arctic Give to Learn Freelander 2 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: West Midlands Posts: 18,709 Thanks: 1,155 Thanked 6,407 Times in 3,874 Posts	I have fixed at least 6 of these heat shields over the last 18 months/2 years on Nano members cars, the main problem is the steel bolts used to hold them up have a chemical reaction with the alloy and it eats the alloy away round the fixing bolt area. I had some old alloy sheet so I made up some larger washer from it this then can be bolted over the damaged area and it holds up the heat shield. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I also had to remove an heat shield from another members car only last week, it had been crumpled up and was hanging on the exhaust under the fuel tank, it must have been hanging down when he went over something which crumpled it up, he as been advised to get a replacement asap. __________________ Arctic Givology Learn to Give Everything is Achievable ad altiora tendo. Check out our Nano meet dates http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/ http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/index.php?thepage=howto " You do the work , we supply the expertise "