Thread: Who had practical experience on leaving the turbo heat shield off?

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I think it is stainless steel, as it polishes up well with stainless polish and has a cavity filled with something.
Stainless will rust a bit depending on its makeup.

I also read the emmissivity of various materials a couple of days ago , and a polished surface such as stainless is 0.1.

I have an additional stainless barrier between my battery and turbo heat shield covered in bright aluminium tape and a battery blanket around the battery as well. So far so good..

I cannot see why you would want to delete the heat shield as it just sits there looking pretty and maybe if you drive on sand it would slow down sand getting into the wastegate pivot. I used to have constant trouble with a Charade turbo with the wastegate pivot jamming from salty air.

I have modified mine to make it easier to remove and replace by moving the back bolt from the turbo to the bracket where it joins the heat shield, or rather by adding a rivnut to the bracket so that you don't have to have all the stars aligned to do up the bolt on the turbo.
But maybe I am a bit anal.

Regards Philip A

Could be a stainless alloy, has a bit of weight in it. I took mine off for better access to what is under it, I like to have visual on the exhaust manifold and secret hose without having to remove the shield. Modifying the shield bracket for ease of removal has promise.

yep... it's just that I had to broke mine off due to a stuck bolt (behind turbo)... So my question is actually: is this something necessary that I have to buy a new one?