stops heat melting other pipes and wires in engine bay?
yes, it keeps heat in, but I feel thats what it is for....

could be wrong.

 

stops heat melting other pipes and wires in engine bay?
yes, it keeps heat in, but I feel thats what it is for....

Thats exactly what it is, a heat sheild.

 

fair enough. thanks...

 

I left mine off when I put the 3" on, I have MING rubber coating throughout the patrol and the radiant heat from the exhaust has not affected it, so it obviously accomplishes very little.

90% of the aftermarket exhausts dont have them.

 

I too took mine off when I installed my pyro gauge probe nearly 2 years ago and it has not harmed anything.

 

Its there for a reason, its a heat shield.

It also allows an air gap to reduce radiant heat from damaging or melting things. This would be more evident once vehicle is sitting idle, like at traffic lights after a hard run or if you are working on the motor when its warm or hot etc.

 

Its there for a reason, its a heat shield.

It also allows an air gap to reduce radiant heat from damaging or melting things. This would be more evident once vehicle is sitting idle, like at traffic lights after a hard run or if you are working on the motor when its warm or hot etc.

Wouldn't it also assist in reducing heat transfer from the exhaust/turbo up to the intercooler - heating up the intercooler and therefore reducing power?

 

hi guys, mine was ditched two years ago too with the 3" exhaust, and as said its hasn't done anything. I did put some steel braid over the heater hoses were it runs close for the twine.

 

Do not try to trough it away. If you do so, you patrol would get old so much quicker, especially the pipes, fabrics, protecting layers, noise absorbing layers......

 

Do not try to trough it away. If you do so, you patrol would get old so much quicker, especially the pipes, fabrics, protecting layers, noise absorbing layers......

what?

 

Do not try to trough it away. If you do so, you patrol would get old so much quicker, especially the pipes, fabrics, protecting layers, noise absorbing layers......

what? ageing noise absorbing layers?

 

This shield will not change the under-bonnet temperatures as the total heat from the manifold/turbo is the same and it has to go somewhere.

However I leave them on as if something should come loose under the bonnet then it will not rest directly on the turbo/manifold. Also there will be some reduction in the radiant heat transfer to other components by leaving the shield on.

Take it off, leave it on, doesn't really matter.

- David.