Exhaust heat shield question

[abatzis2 at hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

ditto. still without driving a fiery inferno.

-Michael Abatzis
New Orleans!
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...



>From: "Brian Wagner" <brian_wagner@sbcglobal.net>
>To: "'C Boyko'" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Exhaust heat shield question
>Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:18:46 -0500
>
>Nothing but rattle traps. Most heat shields are to fields from the high
>temps generated by cats. Keeps them from burning the field, I removed all 
>of
>them from my 16v and haven't burst into flames yet.
>
>Brian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of C Boyko
>Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:15 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Exhaust heat shield question
>
>Okay, I was all set to finally rivet this thing in place, but instead
>decided to yank it. Am I seriously gonna overheat anything without it? (If
>so I may just let the puppy cook, cars have not been my friend this evening
>- can you tell it was the "oh so fun to work on" DD before I tore into the
>second victim?)
>This is on the 16V, and it still has a cat, not sure how functional it is
>anymore, it went through a "I have a rabid squirrel trapped inside of me"
>phase when the car was running rich, pretty sure it's a bit toasted. It 
>sure
>
>made some wierd noises.
>
>So, do I really have to worry about it? Who's tossed theirs? Did you die?
>
>Cathy
>
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