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Friday, October 12, 2018

Exhaust - Heat Shield Missing


Exhaust - Heat Shield Missing



SI M51 05 05



Body Equipment



June 2005



Technical Service



This Service Information bulletin supersedes Service Measure B5 1 200 03 dated January 2003.



SUBJECT



Missing Exhaust Heat Shield



MODEL



R50 (Cooper) produced from 7/02.



SITUATION



The engine exhaust heat shield, part number 51 48 7 511 704, was installed on early cars and not on later production cars.



CAUSE



The heat shield was determined to be unnecessary, and was deleted from production in July 2002.



CORRECTION



None.



PROCEDURE



The heat shield should not be retrofitted to cars produced from 7/02.