At my last service the dealer said the turbo heatshield was bit loose and that they would tighten it up at the next service as it was a fiddly job !

Anyhow i had forgotten all about it up until today when i noticed a rattle coming from under the bonnet, you can see the heatshield is buggered now, and i found a piece of cladding that could of been part of it but I'm just not sure

Any ideas on how easy/expensive these are to replace and more importantly should the car be ok to run minus this piece of shielding, i know its only a small part but i guess it was there for a reason !

enclosed a few pics



The yellow circle is roughly where i found the cladding bit



the offending piece !



Oh the car is an 05 STI

 

Rejoice in your cars new lightness....

It's there for a reason. But I can't be bothered to try to re-fit mine to the modded bits, so bin it !

LOL

DunxC

P.S. I wouldn't worry unless it all comes loose and rattles like crazy.

 

It's part of the heat shield, and as you can see, are only made from flimsy metal which rusts through and fall off.