Contents: Removal ↡ Installation ↡
Cars with gasoline engines.
Warning! Jacking up and jacking up a vehicle may present a risk of injury. Read the safety precautions in Chapter "Jacking up a car".
Removal
1. Place the vehicle on jack stands.
2. Unscrew the flange bolts between the catalytic converter 1 and the inlet pipe 2 (see illustration).
Attention! Depending on the engine type, the flange connection may be threaded or clamped. If the connection is threaded, check the condition of the blind nuts 3 and, if necessary, replace them with new ones, knocking them out with a suitable punch and holding the clamp. Install new blind nuts, tightening them to the stop with a suitable flange bolt (see illustration 5.2).
3. Remove the rubber cushions 1 and 2 of the main muffler 3 and exhaust pipe suspension and lower the rear part of the exhaust system (see illustration).
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4. Check the condition of the rubber suspension cushions. Replace porous and damaged cushions with new ones.
Installation
5. Replace the flange joint gasket and self-locking nuts with new ones.
6. Raise the exhaust pipe and secure it in the rubber suspension mounts.
7. Screw the inlet pipe to the catalytic converter, installing a new gasket. For a threaded connection, the tightening torque is 25 Nm.
8. Lower the car onto its wheels.