I lost my rear engine splash shield under my car this week. Ran thru a large puddle (okay, it was a stinking flood and I didn't see it in time). All was well until I got up to speed on the eway. I heard a scraping sound but was in rush hour traffic. When I got home I saw it was trashed. Today I just removed it and said, "Screw it". Other than making life easier when I change my oil is there any benefit or detriment with it gone?
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Electric fan is pretty good and critical to AC working. My experience is V6s and particularly NA aluminum ones are easy to keep cool.
I expect spikes in May-June and then just plain hot until mid-September.
Here in O'town we've started getting a few showers at random times.
ps "normal" on mine is 203F. Personally expect a good cooling system to go no more than 100F over ambient.
I expect spikes in May-June and then just plain hot until mid-September.
Here in O'town we've started getting a few showers at random times.
ps "normal" on mine is 203F. Personally expect a good cooling system to go no more than 100F over ambient.
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We just got above 70F. Took out my garden furniture in April when the weather was good in expectation of a hot spring.
That did not happen so we still wait to move outside for dinner for the first time.
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That did not happen so we still wait to move outside for dinner for the first time.
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On another note. Back in January I went through Germany in my 1st gen CTS.
Lost the engine shield in the left lane above 200 kmh. The Ford Kuga just behind me got all the crap thrown at him.
Decreased speed waiting to take the next exit and was preparing myself for exchanging insurance info with the guy. But apparently he did not care.
Went into a service station and took the rest off the car. The plastic devices keeping the shield on are bound to fail at some point.
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Lost the engine shield in the left lane above 200 kmh. The Ford Kuga just behind me got all the crap thrown at him.
Decreased speed waiting to take the next exit and was preparing myself for exchanging insurance info with the guy. But apparently he did not care.
Went into a service station and took the rest off the car. The plastic devices keeping the shield on are bound to fail at some point.
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Hell, yes, you gotta put those 10 mm bolts back in place. Watch out if your dealer does an oil change. I have known of folks ending up with only two of those bolts installed.
I will probably not install a new shield on my car. Screw it, let's drive.
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That's the thing, trusting the tech that changes your oil with putting them back in is where the problem arises. But yes the rear shield has bolts instead of push pins
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Even if the tech re-installs the bolts they probably over-tighten them and eventually the plastic wears through. I just did my first oil change recently and luckily both shields were still intact but I had to add washers to those bolts because the holes in the shield were enlarged. I've also replaced about a dozen broken or missing push fasteners on both shields. I bought a bag of them from Amazon. Unfortunately I received the wrong size (larger) and had to enlarge the holes a little to use them.
I will try to keep my shields intact and believe they are beneficial but if the second shield fell off I might just go without it. It would make oil changes a little easier and don't think it's absence would cause any serious issues.
I will try to keep my shields intact and believe they are beneficial but if the second shield fell off I might just go without it. It would make oil changes a little easier and don't think it's absence would cause any serious issues.
OK this is the way to make all of this easy. Taking off the plastic under pan sucks. So, you get yourself a Fumoto valve and then you only have to loosen one side to attach a clear plastic tube. Flip the lever and the oil is drained. Flip the lever back to lock, change the oil filter and fill her up with new oil. Very easy and the plastic stayed in place!
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I have used Fumotos in the past with tremendous success. They are great, albeit a little slow on the draining. That is the only downside other than if you offroad and break that thing off! As for the hole in the shield, I have read about that with some old timers as well, and it is handy, too. Both winners.
Oil filter is topside, driver side of engine. Canister type.
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It sounds as if you haven't ever changed your own oil. That's fine. If you do change your own oil and when you replace your oil filter cartridge which is the aluminum canister on the driver's side of your engine. absolutely replace your O-ring with a new one. I didn't once and i blew my engine. A $9000 mistake for a $.90 item. Please remember!
Your tragedy had me looking at that O-ring a lot more closely the last couple times I changed the oil.
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Who needs O-rings?
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