Is this splash shield needed?

67belevdere/225 said

missing on my belve and never had a issue , but will be putting it on from a a spare engine I have

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Where I live, with the amount of water I get, I can see it being a real issue. Mine has a broken tab, and just bought one off another member here, and giong to also fix the one I have using the good one as a template.