Heat Shield?

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ihadablackdog

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Drove through deep water at speed last night (about 50mph, didn't see the water) and tonight noticed scraping when going over speed bumps.

Looked under the car and a piece of metal is hanging down, I think its heat shield?

Can this just be pushed/bent back into place?

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I’d jack it up so you can have a good nose around, check the mounting bolts are secure etc, then bend it back :P
Rob
 
Thanks. I don't have a jack so was planning on taking it to Kwik-Fit to put on their ramp (they've always been really helpful in the past with little things and not charged me).

Hopefully they will let me walk under the car whilst its in the air.

If they do then I'll see if I can see mounting bolts as well.
 
Zooming in it looks like it has caught on something and been pulled down and back. It will most likely bend back but you will need to secure it somehow.
 
Round my way you can see where the road floods, all the bumpers and under pans scattered across the verge.
 
Yeah, it was flood water and I aquaplaned for a second, so it definitely will of dragged anything it could do.

They put it on the ramp checked it over and just bent it back into position.

Caught it on my dash cam (the floodwater), how do I upload videos?
 
I would be very careful with flood water. I tried to get through several inches, but the bow wave bounced off a wall and came back twice as high, splashed up the radiator and into the air intake. The air filter got swamped and engine cut out.
I tried using the starter to pull the car out, but as soon as you drop the clutch, the starter disconnects. Luckily overall no damage.
I now drive with the air intake trunking pipe work disconnected. And oiled K&N filter.
And drilled a half inch hole in the bottom of the air box.
 
flybobbie said:
I would be very careful with flood water. I tried to get through several inches, but the bow wave bounced off a wall and came back twice as high, splashed up the radiator and into the air intake. The air filter got swamped and engine cut out.
I tried using the starter to pull the car out, but as soon as you drop the clutch, the starter disconnects. Luckily overall no damage.
I now drive with the air intake trunking pipe work disconnected. And oiled K&N filter.
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You've been lucky! My son in law drove thro a flood doing all the right things and a Fire & Rescue 4x4 came the other way with a huge bow wave without any regard - his BMW engine stopped a abruptly with the hydraulic shock!

Go and buy a lottery lucky dip while your luck is running :rofl: :thumbsup:
 
If I'd known it was there I would've slowed right down.

Theres a section further on that often floods (ironically in this recent weather it hasn't flooded, maybe they fixed the drainage). First time I came across it cars were going through slowly and I didn't know if my car was too low....luckily for me, another Z4 came the other way (a miserable biatch that never waves) so I did the gentlemanly thing and let her come through first, so I would know if it was too deep :rofl:
 
I managed to upload it to youtube.

Before anyone shoots me, yes, I was probably going too fast for the conditions (obviously too fast at the point I hit the water :rofl: )

[youtube]D9VHFwWHkVA[/youtube]
https://youtu.be/D9VHFwWHkVA

Heres the one from last year "slowly" going through flood water:

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https://youtu.be/sbcXew423uI
 
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