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waveydavey:
I had a big problem yesterday on Chester services; basically the starter needed a tap to engage but I managed ot destroy the heat shield getting at it to tap it.

Has anybody ran the 200tdi for any length of time with this heat shield missing? How critical is it?

Generally I beleive that if the manafacturers think it is I'll refit it but is it more for hotter climates?

Xtremeteam:
ive not got one fitted to m 90 which has the disco engine,just means the cable routing has to be bang on

muddyweb:
If the vehicle is working hard, then yes, it is a useful thing.

Not too difficult to overheat the solenoid and / or damage the motor windings with too much heat.

Range Rover Blues:
I also find the cable get very hard and brittle after a while, I've replace the starter lead twice on the V8.

hobbit:
Same here never had one on there, didn't even know they had one until i looked under another, but dont the v8's run hotter than the tdi's?

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