Exhaust system components, removing and installing (Front wheel drive vehicles): Notes

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Fig 1: Exhaust System Components, Removing And Installing (Front Wheel Drive Vehicles)

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1 - Turbocharger

Removing and installing → Turbocharger, removing and installing

2 - Gasket

Always replace

3 - Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) G39 , 50 Nm

Black connector
Grease threads only with hot bolt paste G 052 112 A3; paste must not be allowed to come into contact with slits in sensor body
Checking: → 24 - MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI)

4 - Oxygen Sensor (O2S) Behind Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC) G130 , 50 Nm

Brown connector
Grease threads only with hot bolt paste G 052 112 A3; paste must not be allowed to come into contact with slits in sensor body
Checking: → 24 - MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION (MFI)

5 - Catalytic converter

Protect from impact damage
Removing and installing → Catalytic converter, removing and installing

6 - Gasket

Replace

7 - 25 Nm

8 - Front exhaust pipe

With decoupling element
To avoid damage, do not bend decoupling element by more than 10 °

9 - Front clamp

Align exhaust system so it is free of stress before tightening clamp → Exhaust system - vehicles with front wheel drive, aligning stress-free
Installed position of bolt ends Installed position of front clamp
Tighten bolted connections evenly

10 - 40 Nm

11 - Spacer sleeve

12 - Buffer

13 - Lug

14 - Washer

15 - M10 bolt, 30 Nm

16 - Mounting

17 - 25 Nm

18 - Rear muffler (left)

Tailpipe can be replaced
Rear muffler and center muffler are one unit as original equipment but can be replaced separately for repair purposes.
Cutting point → Center and rear mufflers, separating
Stress-free alignment of exhaust system → Exhaust system - vehicles with front wheel drive, aligning stress-free

Replacing tailpipe Replacing tailpipe

19 - Rear muffler (right)

Tailpipe can be replaced
Rear muffler and center muffler are one unit as original equipment but can be replaced separately for repair purposes.
Cutting point → Center and rear mufflers, separating
Stress-free alignment of exhaust system → Exhaust system - vehicles with front wheel drive, aligning stress-free

Replacing tailpipe Replacing tailpipe

20 - Rear clamps

For separate replacement of center muffler and both rear mufflers
Align exhaust system so it is free of stress before tightening clamp → Exhaust system - vehicles with front wheel drive, aligning stress-free
Installed position Installed position of rear clamps
Tighten bolted connections evenly

21 - 40 Nm

22 - Center muffler

Center muffler and both rear mufflers are one unit as original equipment but can be replaced separately for repair purposes.
Cutting point → Center and rear mufflers, separating
Stress-free alignment of exhaust system → Exhaust system - vehicles with front wheel drive, aligning stress-free

23 - 25 Nm

24 - Mounting

25 - 25 Nm

26 - Mounting

27 - M8 bolt

28 - Washer

29 - Spring

30 - Lug

31 - Spacer sleeve

32 - 25 Nm

33 - 40 Nm