850 t5 turbo heat sheild

[inde_house]

So I just had a decat downpipe and bsr exhaust fitted.

I removed part of the heat shield so they could get to the turbo studs.

It was a pain to remove and will be doubly worse to re fit.

Should I bother.......will it cause any damage to the components around it

[T5frankie]

its a throw it in the bin job mate

[Jamest5r]

Told you that the other day :)

[inde_house]

Not that I didn't take your word for it james. Just to see what the general consensus was across the forum.

[partsforvolvos.com]

retain it - especially if it's running higher power - i have seen one melt a top mount bush which i put down to heat radiating out - it was all melted on the side.

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[T5frankie]

dont listen to jamie, i have done this on over 10 volvos without any problems, and it means you can't adjust your actuator

[inde_house]

Well. Thats why I was asking. When I lifted the bonnet there seemed to be more heat the before.

If the mount gets melted. I will have to order a polybush mount.

Not going to run massive power. Just about 270 bhp

[partsforvolvos.com]

It was a polybush that i saw melted - . - the first thing powerflex asked me when i reported it was is the heat shield still in place? - it was missing.
to be fair they did replace it still for the customer purely out of goodwill.
that was on a 2001 v70 T5.

entirely up to you.

[claymore]

Never had a problem running without it, but I have lots of holes in my bonnet :)

[partsforvolvos.com]

lol