Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

• ◆ For separate replacement of the front and rear silencers, a prepared cutting point is provided in the connecting pipe.
• ◆ Cutting point is marked by an indentation on circumference of exhaust pipe

Special tools and workshop equipment required

• ◆ Body saw V.A.G 1523 A
• ◆ Protective goggles

Front-wheel drive vehicles:

• ‒ → Cut through exhaust pipe at right angles with body saw, e.g. V.A.G 1523A, at position marked -arrow-.

• ‒ Position clamp centrally to cut when installing.
• ‒ → Installation position of clamp -1-: Horizontal, bolted joints pointing towards rear => Fig.26-7
• ‒ Perform stress-free alignment of exhaust system => Page 26-23.
• ‒ Tighten bolted joints of clamp evenly to 40 Nm.

Four-wheel drive vehicles:

• ‒ → Cut through exhaust pipe at right angles with body saw, e.g. V.A.G 1523A, at positions marked -arrow-.

• ‒ Position clamp centrally to cut when installing.
• ‒ → Installation position of clamp -1-: Horizontal, bolted joints pointing towards rear left wheel => Fig.26-13
• ‒ Perform stress-free alignment of exhaust system => Page 26-23.
• ‒ Tighten bolted joints of clamp evenly to 40 Nm.