Rattling Heat Shields
I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX Sedan with 204,000 miles.
During my most recent oil change, I was informed that my heat shields for my catalytic converters were rattling. Does it make sense to replace them since the underside of the car is already a heat shield? -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.honda/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html |
Re: Rattling Heat Shields
"warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote in news:435a0a2ae33f73ff0605da43c60922d7
@localhost.talkaboutautos.com: > I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX Sedan with 204,000 miles. > > During my most recent oil change, I was informed that my heat shields for > my catalytic converters were rattling. > > Does it make sense to replace them since the underside of the car is > already a heat shield? Buy some really long worm-type hose clamps in a hardware store plumbing department. Use those to secure the heat-shield and keep it from rattling. I suppose you could call the underside of the car a "heat shield" of sorts, but right against that is your carpeting and interior trim. It's best to try and keep the shields on. A new set is about $60 or so. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: Rattling Heat Shields
"Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9B19BADB4D179tegger@208.90.168.18... > "warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote in > news:435a0a2ae33f73ff0605da43c60922d7 > @localhost.talkaboutautos.com: > >> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX Sedan with 204,000 miles. >> >> During my most recent oil change, I was informed that my heat shields for >> my catalytic converters were rattling. >> >> Does it make sense to replace them since the underside of the car is >> already a heat shield? > > > > Buy some really long worm-type hose clamps in a hardware store plumbing > department. Use those to secure the heat-shield and keep it from rattling. > > I suppose you could call the underside of the car a "heat shield" of > sorts, > but right against that is your carpeting and interior trim. It's best to > try and keep the shields on. A new set is about $60 or so. > > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ > www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ I've used a coat hanger in lieu of clamps--has always worked out OK MLD |
Re: Rattling Heat Shields
On Sep 14, 11:33 am, "warlock162" <b...@dwsd.org> wrote:
> I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX Sedan with 204,000 miles. > > During my most recent oil change, I was informed that my heat shields for > my catalytic converters were rattling. > > Does it make sense to replace them since the underside of the car is > already a heat shield? > > -- > Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.honda/ > More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html can you weld/braze? just tack the shield so it stops rattling. |
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