Installing Exhaust System

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Fit new metal seals and slide them onto the sealing face on the turbochargers.
CAUTION:
Heavy components
- Risk of squashing
→ Wear personal protective gear.

→ Get someone to help if necessary.
Slide the exhaust system onto the bolts on the turbochargers.
Only install the exhaust system with the help of another person.
Fit and tighten four new M8 hexagon nuts (a/f 13) on the turbocharger flange on both cylinder banks.

Fig 1: Identifying Turbocharger Flange Bolts
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Flange bolts at the bottom:

→ Tightening torque: 25 Nm (19 ft. lb.)

Fig 2: Identifying Turbocharger Flange At Bottom Bolts
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Slide two restraining straps on the rear silencer over the holder -arrow- and align them using one M8 x 50 cheese head bolt (hexagon socket head, a/f 6) on each one.

Fig 3: Sliding Straps On Rear Silencer Holder
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1. 4.1. Tighten cheese head bolts -2- .
  → Tightening torque: 15 Nm (11 ft. lb.)
  
  Fig 4: Identifying Rear Silencer Mounting
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Guide the cable plugs for the oxygen sensors at the side of the engine to the plug connection in the engine compartment and clip the cables into the holders -arrows-

Fig 5: Locating Oxygen Sensors To Catalytic Converter
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Close and clip in plug connections -1 and 2- for the oxygen sensors in the engine compartment.

Fig 6: Identifying Oxygen Sensor Connectors And Cylinder Bank (1-3)
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