Diesel back box heat shield deleted?

Bolin · 22nd September 2018, 19:50

Hi folks

Anybody know if the heat shield for the back box on diesel models was deleted at some point (before Oct 2002)?

Mine doesn't have one, there is no change shown in the parts list or the Drive bulletins and I can't be sure it ever had one (however, it certainly never had the steering rack and lower tie-bar heat shields despite there being no mention of those having been deleted but they obviously were).

I also noticed in the Haynes manual that the diesel shown, late 2003 model or later, doesn't have the back box heat shield and the car would only have been 2-3 years old when photographed.

I have heard reports of cars failing MOT's due to missing this heat shield, so I'd like to get to the bottom of this.

Ta, Bolin.

22nd September 2018, 19:50	#1
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