E46 Exhaust Heat Sheild

[mike325112]

Anyone point me in the direction of a diagram of the fittings for the heat sheild around the back box of an E46 saloon? Its come loose and rattling so needs re-attaching. I've looked on RealOEM but can't seem to find it.

[mike325112]

Can someone also point me in the direction of a dictionary to look up oh to spell SHIELD! Argh....

[phelix]

Use google chrome as your browser - its built-in spill chucker has saved me from a large number of spelling gaffes.

The heat shields I've seen under the E46 are held in by plastic nuts that screw onto coarse threaded studs fixed to the body. Over time the heat shield can weaken around the flange of the nut and then break completely; just use a penny washer. And don't overtighten.

[mike325112]

Cheers for that I will have a look in a bit. Will have to work on my speeling...