Exhaust help

[Dannyboy92]

Having nothing but issues since I've started driving

Was down a rubble road today and went over a small hill type bump

Heard a loud crush sound and then got some rattling on the way home

Looked under the car to find this (see images)

I have taken the pics where the damage is, looks like some kind of cover or something that's taken a hit, I'm really not sure what that is

Sorry for the lack of info - I'm a new driver.

Any info would be great

Thanks guys and girls.

[Dannyboy92]

I did try to upload the images but it wouldn't let me

Will try link them

[Dannyboy92]

https://ibb.co/ZGqmrBr
https://ibb.co/3mYhkzT
https://ibb.co/94dHtBV


Hopefully you can see them

[markyb_lcy]

Looks to me like your under trays have come loose and are rattling against some of the piping.

I would see if it can be reattached to those clips. In the event the clips or the holes they utilise are buggered, you could get handy with some cable ties. Make sure you use big strong ones if you do. You may also have to drill a few holes in the tray to attach it to convenient places.

My plastic MR2 undertrays are almost exclusively held on by cable ties.

Edited by markyb_lcy on Saturday 22 February 15:37

[Dannyboy92]

Thank you for the reply mate I appreciate it

I'm buggered where I live as don't know anyone haha

Hoping it's not going to set me back hundreds as got my first insurance payment coming out payday and my insurance is so high haha

Thanks again mate.

[sunbeam alpine]

Your heat shields have come loose - probably the mounting points are broken off.

What I have done in the past - on rallies where we've had to make running repairs under the car and not had a lot of kit - is to find the highest bit of pavement you can, and park the car with 2 wheels on the pavement, but as close to the road as you can get. This should give you enough room to crawl under the car and inspect/repair the damage. If it's just the heat shields you should be able to bodge something as a temporary repair!

[paintman]

The impact has shaken the heat shield loose, the clip has pulled through the hole. Pic 1 shows the clip & its bolt.
You may get away with bending the edges of the hole back into place then reattaching the clip.
Or bit of metal larger than the hole & bolt that back up with the metal holding the shield up - a bodge for the metal would be a flattened out food tin.
Or the cable ties as already suggested.

[markyb_lcy]

paintman said:

The impact has shaken the heat shield loose, the clip has pulled through the hole. Pic 1 shows the clip & its bolt.
You may get away with bending the edges of the hole back into place then reattaching the clip.
Or bit of metal larger than the hole & bolt that back up with the metal holding the shield up - a bodge for the metal would be a flattened out food tin.
Or the cable ties as already suggested.

If it is a heat shield rather than an under-tray, I would use the stainless steel zip ties rather than plastic ones

[Saleen836]

Is the vehicle a Vauxhall?
Looks similar to the heat shield on my old Astra van, that came loose and as it couldn't be removed without taking the exhaust off I used metal cable ties as mentioned to fix it