Hope to get an answer from the forum members

this piece fell off thia morning while backing out of driceway. does anyone know what is it and if its replaceable / cause safety issues.

thanks leo

 

Say hello to your catalytic converter heat shied.

 

Flux capacitor EMI shield.

 

That's our manifold.

 

You don't need it. It's there to prevent the converter from starting fires if tall dry grass were to touch the underneath of your car while parked on a lawn when the vehicle has just been driven and is hot. Just be cognizant of where you park.

 

As said, cat converter heat shield./


These commonly rust out, and rattle/buzz a lot on our cars, especially in the rust belt. Don't worry about it. If you still have some rasping., buzzing coming from the exhaust, remove the rest.

Just don't park over dry leaves on a hot day and you'll be fine.

 

Thank you OP for melting the snow on the road this winter!

 

Leo, stay out of CA. we have enough issues with all the fires burning in our state!
Gary

 

Stay out of BC as well

 

Boy you guys are selfish

 

Back in 1976, I spun a brand new Porsche 911 Cabriolet into a telephone poll backwards. There was tall dead grass all around us. That was the first year they had Cats. We cranked it up and when the cooling fan got up to speed, the grass ignited and flames shot out from under the car. We shoved it in gear and limped it away from the fire. I thought it was a goner. $5500 worth of damage and I paid high risk insurance for many years.

 

is this expensive to replace? i rather have safe of mind. any cheap fix?

 

I would imagine you could find one at a junk yard cheap. Shouldn't be a problem to replace.

 

Well, at least your lighter in weight now. It's just a heat shield. no big deal. other ppl run HFC/TP and they have no heat shield. No problems there. You'll be fine.

 

im looking to replace this part - does anyone have the part number? anyone can recommend a place in nyc to get this fixed?