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Removing and installing front exhaust pipe > < Exhaust system: Assembly overview

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Separating centre and rear silencers
Separating centre and rear silencers
  Note
t  The connecting pipe can be cut through at the cutting location in order to renew the centre and rear silencers separately.
t  Cutting location is marked by an indentation on circumference of exhaust pipe.
Consult the equivalence table for tools and equipment according to applicability among Seat / VW / Audi / Skoda → Chapter.
Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
t  Chain pipe cutter -VAS 6254-, see equivalent → Anchor
  W00-10229
t  Plate work saw -V.A.G 1523B-, see equivalent → Anchor
Operation process
  W00-0005
–  Separate the exhaust pipe vertically by using the chain pipe cutter -VAS 6254- or the plate work saw -V.A.G 1523B- at the parting location -arrows-.
  Note
The middle indentation (of three) on the exhaust pipe is the cutting point.
  A26-0609
–  When reassembling, position the clamps -1- and -2- centrally over the cutting point.
  A26-0610
–  Install clamp so that ends of bolts do not protrude beyond bottom of clamp.
l  Bolt connections face outwards.
–  Align exhaust system without tension → Chapter
–  Tighten bolted joints of clamps evenly to 25 Nm.
  A26-0097

Removing and installing front exhaust pipe > < Exhaust system: Assembly overview