FRONT (Bank 2)
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NOTE:
If the warm up TWC is damaged internally, inspect the under floor TWC for debris.
- Remove the engine cover (see step 6 under ENGINE REMOVAL ).
- Remove the No. 5 ignition coil and the ignition coil heat insulator.
- Remove the front A/F sensor (Sensor 1) (see A/F SENSOR REPLACEMENT ) and the front secondary HO2S (Sensor 2) (see SECONDARY HO2S REPLACEMENT ).
- Remove the exhaust pipe A mounting nuts (front WU-TWC side) (see EXHAUST PIPE AND MUFFLER REPLACEMENT ).
- Remove the EGR pipe (see EGR VALVE REPLACEMENT ).
- Remove the A/C condenser fan assembly (see
RADIATOR AND FAN REPLACEMENT
).NOTE: Place an appropriate size piece of cardboard in front of the radiator. The cardboard protects the radiator from damage when removing the warm up TWC.
- Remove the front WU-TWC bracket, and carefully remove the front WU-TWC.
- Carefully install the front WU-TWC with a new gasket and new self-locking nuts. Tighten the nuts in a crisscross pattern in two or three steps.
- Install the parts in the reverse order of removal.