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Old 01-27-2010, 04:16 PM
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Some Advice please

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I haven't posted for a couple of years, although I do monitor frequently. Any problems I have had have been very minor and easly fixed with a search of this excellent forum and had 4 good years of trouble free svxing. However, recently I purchased my second SVX and needed to replace the bottom hose and change the oil. On this car there is a plastic cover under the engine and transmission which to be honest was a pain in the rear to get away with rusted up bolts breaking. This wasn't on my previous machine. Is it necessary to put this back on? also the heat shielding on one of the exhaust manifolds has corroded away and was banging about so I have removed it. Will this cause problems? I know these engines run quite warm so I would think leaving this cover off will let the engine breathe a bit. Any comments/advice would be very welcome and apologies if I should have posted in the technical forum but I thought some local knowledge would be more appropriate.
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Old 01-27-2010, 04:21 PM
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Re: Some Advice please

There shouldn't be a problem with either of the things you have done.
sorry, i can't give you anything more technical and tons of information, but it should be just fine
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Old 01-27-2010, 04:44 PM
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I removed my undertray last spring and haven't re-installed it, mainly due to lazyness, but haven't had any problems.

I would prefer to keep the mainfold heat shields, mainly to reduce the radiant heat to the oil pan.
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Old 01-28-2010, 02:26 AM
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Re: Some Advice please

Many thanks for the comments. It is as I expected and the advice about the exhaust heat shield makes perfect sense and will deal with that in due course. It would have fallen off as it was so corroded anyway very soon.

Thanks to all.
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Old 01-28-2010, 06:57 AM
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Re: Some Advice please

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Hi all,
I haven't posted for a couple of years, although I do monitor frequently. Any problems I have had have been very minor and easly fixed with a search of this excellent forum and had 4 good years of trouble free svxing. However, recently I purchased my second SVX and needed to replace the bottom hose and change the oil. On this car there is a plastic cover under the engine and transmission which to be honest was a pain in the rear to get away with rusted up bolts breaking. This wasn't on my previous machine. Is it necessary to put this back on? also the heat shielding on one of the exhaust manifolds has corroded away and was banging about so I have removed it. Will this cause problems? I know these engines run quite warm so I would think leaving this cover off will let the engine breathe a bit. Any comments/advice would be very welcome and apologies if I should have posted in the technical forum but I thought some local knowledge would be more appropriate.
So, you've removed the bunny shield.
That shield is the only thing protecting our friends the bunnys, squirrels, chipmunks from being sucked up into our 1500°f engine compartments!
As you wisk down the road IN AN AUTOMOBILE
instead of just walking,
your 3580# bunny killer is using up all of those poor dinosaurs sacret bodies, after having peacefully fermented all of these years.
I guess you are just in too much of a hurry..

Have you no shame or compassion?

My friend,
life is short.

I think that i will go out and hug a bear today.





















No really it will be fine!














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Re: Some Advice please

OT is teh funnay.
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