Removing/refitting

REMOVING/REFITTING

• Set the car on a lift and raise it.

1. Slacken the three bolts fastening the front section of the exhaust piping to the catalytic converter releasing the support bracket.

1. Slacken the three bolts fastening the catalytic converter to the rear section of the exhaust piping.

1. Remove the catalytic converter.
2. Retrieve the seal rings.

NOTE: FOR REMOVING/REFITTING THE FRONT AND REAR SECTIONS OF THE EXHAUST PIPING REFER TO THE PROCEDURES GIVEN FOR VERSION TD BEARING IN MIND THAT THEIR CONNECTION TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS MADE BY FLANGES WITH SEALS RATHER THAN BY CLAMPS.