Piece fell off the bottom of my RX8...
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Piece fell off the bottom of my RX8...
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Pulling into my parking spot today i heard a scraping noise and looked beneath to find the piece/covering highlighted in yellow above virtually hanging completely off of my 2004 RX8. I pulled it off without much effort at all only to find it pretty rusted and decomposed...It looks like a casing, possibly some kind of heat shield?
Could anyone provide any input as to this piece's function or what it is? Am i risking anything by driving it for a week before i bring it into a shop?
Thanks!
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Pulling into my parking spot today i heard a scraping noise and looked beneath to find the piece/covering highlighted in yellow above virtually hanging completely off of my 2004 RX8. I pulled it off without much effort at all only to find it pretty rusted and decomposed...It looks like a casing, possibly some kind of heat shield?
Could anyone provide any input as to this piece's function or what it is? Am i risking anything by driving it for a week before i bring it into a shop?
Thanks!
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It's the cat heatshield, assuming the cat itself isn't hanging off (which I assume it isn't, or you would be posting about the brain bleeding noise of an uncorked rotary).
It's hard to say how important it is. On one hand, our cat temps DO get to nearly 2,000 degrees, but it's also the side away from the car / toward the ground?
It's hard to say how important it is. On one hand, our cat temps DO get to nearly 2,000 degrees, but it's also the side away from the car / toward the ground?
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On some cars the bottom heat shield and top heat shield bolt together. They use their snugness with each other to remain in place. It may be possible that if the bottom is gone, the top wont be too far behind it.
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It's the cat heatshield, assuming the cat itself isn't hanging off (which I assume it isn't, or you would be posting about the brain bleeding noise of an uncorked rotary).
It's hard to say how important it is. On one hand, our cat temps DO get to nearly 2,000 degrees, but it's also the side away from the car / toward the ground?
It's hard to say how important it is. On one hand, our cat temps DO get to nearly 2,000 degrees, but it's also the side away from the car / toward the ground?
Thanks for your help!
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