Front Exhaust Pipe: Removal

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CAUTION: Vehicle components are extremely hot after driving. Be wary of receiving burns from heated parts.

Remove the collector cover.
Disconnect the ground cable from battery.

Fig 1: Disconnecting Ground Cable From Battery
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Remove the air intake duct. Refer to AIR INTAKE DUCT .
Lift up the vehicle.
Remove the under cover. Refer to FRONT UNDER COVER .
Drain engine coolant. Refer to ENGINE COOLANT .
Lower the vehicle.
Disconnect connectors from the front oxygen (A/F) sensor and rear oxygen sensor, and remove the clip (A) fastening the front oxygen (A/F) sensor harness and rear oxygen sensor harness.

Fig 2: Locating Front Oxygen (A/F) Sensor And Rear Oxygen Sensor Connectors
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Disconnect the engine coolant hose from the water tank pipe and water pump.

Fig 3: Locating Engine Coolant Hose Clamp
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Remove the radiator sub fan motor assembly. Refer to RADIATOR SUB FAN AND FAN MOTOR .
Remove the engine coolant hose from clip (A), and remove the bolts which secure the intake duct to the turbocharger.

Fig 4: Locating Intake Duct Mounting Bolts
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Lift up the vehicle.
Remove oil inlet pipe B (B) from oil inlet pipe A (A), and remove the bolt which holds oil inlet pipe C (C) and oil inlet pipe A (A).
CAUTION: In order to prevent damaging the oil inlet pipe, fix the section (a) shown in the figure when loosing the oil inlet pipe flare nut, and avoid the part from rotating together while loosening the nut.

Fig 5: Identifying Oil Inlet Pipe
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Fig 6: Locating Oil Inlet Pipe Clamping Bolt
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Disconnect the air control hose (A), and loosen the bolts which secure the intake duct to the turbocharger.

Fig 7: Locating Intake Duct To Turbocharger Clamping Bolt
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Remove the center exhaust pipe (rear) from the center exhaust pipe (front).

Fig 8: Locating Center Exhaust Pipe Clamping Bolts
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Remove the rear exhaust pipe from the center exhaust pipe (rear).

Fig 9: Locating Rear Exhaust Pipe Clamping Bolts
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Remove the bolt which holds center exhaust pipe (rear) to the hanger bracket, and remove the center exhaust pipe (rear).

Fig 10: Locating Center Exhaust Pipe (Rear) Holding Bolt
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Remove the engine cover.

Fig 11: Locating Engine Cover
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Remove bolts and nuts which secure the oil catch tank to the turbocharger and oil catch tank stay, and remove the oil catch tank from the turbocharger.

Fig 12: Locating Oil Catch Tank Bolts And Nuts
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Remove the bolts which secure the turbocharger stay.

Fig 13: Locating Turbocharger Stay Bolts
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While holding the front exhaust pipe with transmission jack, remove the nuts which hold the front exhaust pipe to the cylinder head exhaust port, and remove the front exhaust pipe.

Fig 14: Locating Front Exhaust Pipe Holding Bolts

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