Thread: 4 cylinder heatshields

Originally Posted by ian4002000

Are 4 cylinder motors meant to have a heat shield to protect the firewall from excessive heat ?
My series 2 doesn't have one fitted but I saw one In a photo of a motor with a heat shield and thought it would be a great idea to stop my firewall from getting very hot . Are they meant to be fitted ? has any one fitted them ?
where would I get one ? Which series had heat shields ?

According to the parts books, 2a and 3 2.25 petrol motors all have the heat shield (I don't have a Series 2 parts book). But most of the ones I see do not have them! (same applies to the heat shield that is supposed to protect the battery from hot air off the radiator)

John

Originally Posted by ian4002000

Are 4 cylinder motors meant to have a heat shield to protect the firewall from excessive heat ?
My series 2 doesn't have one ...

If you mean the exhaust heat shields; then yes, there are three shown in my parts book for all four cylinder models up to Suffix H.

One clamps to the down-pipe and I think it primarily protects the front tyre when stationary; as on the S1 models. The next clamps to the pipe under the passenger floor and the third bolts to the engine - from memory on my S3 it protected the starter-motor,

Cheers Charlie

Anybody got any photos of these?

Here is an image of a heat shield as fitted to 113-372 my ex Sth Vietnam Provo L/R

all these parts are available from Blanchards in the UK, there are quite a few smaller items that you can't see in the image, hope that is of some help, cheers Dennis

Thanks for the information and photos it has been a great help !