Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

• ◆ For individual replacement of front or rear silencers there is a marked point to be cut through at the connecting pipe.
• ◆ The cutting point is marked with an indentation on the outside of the exhaust pipe.

Special tools, testers and auxiliary equipment required

• ◆ V.A.G 1523 A

Vehicles with front wheel drive:

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

• ‒ When installing, position clamp centrally over saw cut.

• ‒ → Installation position of clamp -1-: horizontal, with bolted connections facing rear => Fig.26-7
• Stress-free alignment of exhaust system
• Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.

Vehicles with four-wheel drive:

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

• ‒ When installing, position clamp centrally over saw cut.

• ‒ → Installation position of clamp -1-: horizontal, with bolted connections facing rear left wheel => Fig.26-13
• Stress-free alignment of exhaust system => Page 26-24
• Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.