C5 exhaust heat shield - do i need it????

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hamster99
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C5 exhaust heat shield - do i need it????

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Hi

Am fitting a towbar on my C5 and the heat shield above the rear exhaust box is just floating around as all the fixings have corroded.

Do I actually need to have this above the rear box. I wouldn't have thought it gets hot and I can't see what it would protect anyway if it did.

Thanks

Rob
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Re: C5 exhaust heat shield - do i need it????

Post by Gibbo2286 »

If you didn't need it Citroen wouldn't have fitted it in the first place, they're not known for chucking money at cars unnecessarily.
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Re: C5 exhaust heat shield - do i need it????

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Gibbo's taken the words out of my mouth - best keep it
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