lmike6453

Hey I was pulling into the driveway last night to hear an awful dragging sound so I looked under the car and this is what I saw.



How can I resecure it?

Are O2 sensors on our vehicle in particular a pain to break loose if I wanted to remove it QUICKLY before the business day today?

dozzy1989

Get some tin snips, cut the heatsheild at the thinnest point next to the hole for the o2 sensor, then jut leave the heatsheild off..

sicky

your **** is rusty as ****.

turboteg2nv

meh, i've seen much worse.

This happened to my girlfriends Eclipse (minus the o2 sensor) and I just kicked it until it fell off.

You don't really need it, I would just cut it off.

iv

+1

Take it off

lmike6453

yea that's what I ended up doing it was relatively easy to cut it with a pair of hedgecutters since it was rusted

beavis

You dont need to cut it, just unplug the o2 sensor and fish it thru the hole. It looks like that is the only thing holding it on still

bsmith100

Yeah the heat shield will eventually rust and either fall off on its own, or you can cut it off.

lmike6453

Lol I was talking to someone last night about not having the heat shield on the bottom of the cat and they said that they've seen times when someone would do something really stupid and park near leaves or on them and the heat from the cat would incinerate the leaves catching them on fire.

He also said that he once dealt with a dummy that parked his car on top of a mattress someone was throwing out near a curb and his car caught fire.

josh's ep3

Well, I guess as long as you're not parking on top of mattresses like a frickin' nub... you should be alright.

kobeballer96

^ HAHAHAHAHA

SkoundrelUSA

lol exactly. common sense >

Plus think about race headers, they don't have heatsheilds. Its fine

dx_rex

wtf. that makes me remember why i dont drive my car in the winter. my **** is clean underneath, never seen the winter. its an 02.

anyway. i think the heat sheild is to protect the car and not the mattress your parking on.?? but yeah i think without the cat it generates much less heat too. ive seen cats glowing red after a driving. but i guess if they fall off all the time its okay.??

bsmith100

My heat shield rusted and fell off years ago. I haven't had any problems, although I haven't parked on top of any flammable materials.