Loose Heat Shield and New Starter

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The bottom part of my heat shield finally fell off my 1996 Infiniti I30 the other day. See the above thread for pictures and more. Took it to the mechanic today, and they said I'd need a new catalytic converter if I wanted a new heat shield. They recommended I don't park over anything flammable instead.

The starter also went out. I had put a remanufactured starter in a little over two years again. Last time I do that. This time, I put a new one in. Saving $75 on such an important part isn't worth it.

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BrianEWilliams
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They always fall off. Just stay off dry grass. You're lucky you got two years out of a reman starter.

Reply to
JimV
  1. The catalytic converter heat shield on my 96 Maxima fell of years ago. Here in the midwest it happens a lot (according to my dealer). The dealer is the one who actually yanked it off. I agree with your mechanic's assessment.

  1. When I replaced my starter 2 years ago, I chose a reman Nissan unit

- to avoid going through what you just did. I wasn't able to find a "new" starter at the time, but was assured that the Nissan rebuilt ones have entirely new internals - so as good as new.

Cheers. Nirav

96 Max GLE, 119k
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njmodi

My mechanic also said I was lucky to get two years out of it. I'll see how long this "new" one lasts. It has a two year warranty vs. 1 year for the reman. In the 2+ years since I bought the car used, it has been great other than needing two starters.

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BrianEWilliams

The exhaust system on this car is too expensive. Having to purchase a new cat to get a new heat shield is stupid. these cheap parts that always fail should either be re-designed or made easily replaceable on their own.

I needed a new F-Pipe and the dealer wanted $1200.00. I found a small firm that made F-Pipes out of Stainless Steel for $250.00 and I paid a guy $250.00 to put it on. He was so careful, he got the old pipe off and didn't strip or break a single bolt. A true Pro.

The only problem was, the new pipe came without the mini-cats. I wonder how my next emissions test will turn out.

rtt

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Richard Tomkins

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