CENTRE exhaust PIPE - R.R.

Operation 1076B40 · Exhaust pipes and silencers

1.3 JTD 16v

Removing

Position the vehicle on the ramp

1. Trace the cutting line to the specified dimension on the exhaust pipe.

1. Undo the bolt securing the exhaust pipe rear mounting to the bodyshell.

1. Release the exhaust pipe flexible blocks.

Lower the rear exhaust silencer as much as possible.

Secure as appropriate the rear exhaust silencer.

1. Using a suitable tool, cut the exhaust pipe on the line previously drawn.

1. Undo the nuts (1a) securing the central exhaust pipe (1b), on the side of the rigid section of the exhaust pipe between catalytic converter and silencer and remove it.

Refitting

Using a file, remove the burrs on the cut end of the rear exhaust silencer.

Refit in its seating the new central exhaust pipe and secure it with its nuts to the rigid section of the exhaust pipe between catalytic converter and silencer.

1. Join the rear exhaust silencer to the central exhaust pipe using the metal band supplied by Parts with the central exhaust pipe.

2. Tighten the nut on the metal band.

Connect the flexible mountings on the rear exhaust silencer.

Tighten the bolts securing the exhaust pipe mountings to the bodyshell.

Remove the car from the ramps.