Why so much exhaust shields?
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Why so much exhaust shields?
On my 2003, from just after of the cat to forward of my muffler, this length of exhaust has a shield on it - about 3 feet.
If I tap it with a hammer, it rattles. And I can hear some kind of rattling at certain RPM and/or loads when I'm driving (not sure if the rattling is this piece of metal or not, maybe it's the cat shielding). At this point in time, I'm unsure if I've got pebbles trapped in there, or if some of the welds have come loose. Quite possibly it's both. I'm very likely going to just grab my grinder and ditch this shield altogether.
But that begs the question: does anyone happen to know why Ford felt compelled to wrap this section of pipe with shielding?? Seems rather odd to me.
If I tap it with a hammer, it rattles. And I can hear some kind of rattling at certain RPM and/or loads when I'm driving (not sure if the rattling is this piece of metal or not, maybe it's the cat shielding). At this point in time, I'm unsure if I've got pebbles trapped in there, or if some of the welds have come loose. Quite possibly it's both. I'm very likely going to just grab my grinder and ditch this shield altogether.
But that begs the question: does anyone happen to know why Ford felt compelled to wrap this section of pipe with shielding?? Seems rather odd to me.
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I was going to add that but got lazy on the typing . I've had corn stocks smoldering on my old 94's exhaust with removes shields .
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I didn't tell mine I had changed the exhaust and when she drove it a few weeks later without telling me she thought she had broken something because it made loud noises, lol
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