Hi. I have an rx8 2010. I've had an accident and my converted exploded and heat up the heat shield attached to the body of the car. This made a hole in the shield and then the steel started heating up and then the plastic beside your leg melt down cz the temperature was too high I guess. So now I stopped the car and wanted to replace the heat shield. I realized while taking it out that it goes around the transmission and it's hard to take. Is there any way to change it without taking out the transmission? Any ideas ? Thank you

 

you can't, Transmission has be removed.

 

I bought a titanium wrap to reduce the heat by 80%. I wrapped it twice around the exhaust and I drove it around. Still it's heating. When I popped up the hood when I parked, I can feel it's a lot of heat coming out of the engine. Even the steel bars on top of it are hot. Is that common for rotary engines? The exhaust heats up fast also, is that normal too? Thanks a lot.

 

Nothing should be so hot that you melt interior plastic Your catalytic converter may have failed and is causing exhaust gas to build up i front of it. Driving around like this will destroy your engine, but luckily both the cat and the engine are under an 8 year 100,000 mile warranty. I suggest you take it to Mazda for diagnosis.

 

Hi Loki. My car has 5000km on it. But I bought it from an auction so it's not under warranty anymore I guess. So I removed the cat not and looking for a heat shield to replace it but can't find used ones. The weird part is that it heats up inside beside the passenger side and underneath the car if you touch the metal it's kinda cold not hot like inside. So it made me wonder if it's the exhaust the source of the heat or something else?

 

These warranties apply regardless of how you got the car. However, at 5000km that is definitely more weird. You said you had an accident?

 

I didn't but I don't know what happened with the first owner of the car. That's what I'm trying to figure out and can't seem to know till now.