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Exhaust System Assembly Overview






Exhaust System Assembly Overview





1 Turbocharger

2 Gasket

Replace

3 Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) (G39) and Oxygen Sensor (O2S) Heater (Z19) (black connector)

Torque specification, 55 Nm

Only use hot bolt paste to grease thread; do not let paste get onto slits of oxygen sensor body

Hot bolt paste

Removing and installing, refer to => Fuel Delivery and Air Induction Fuel Delivery and Air Induction

4 Oxygen Sensor (O2S) Behind Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC) (G130) and Oxygen Sensor (O2S) Heater 1 (behind Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC)) (Z29) (brown connector)

Torque specification, 55 Nm

Only use hot bolt paste to grease thread; do not let paste get onto slits of oxygen sensor body

Hot bolt paste

Removing and installing, refer to => Fuel Delivery and Air Induction Fuel Delivery and Air Induction

5 Catalytic converter

Protect from hit and impact stress

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Catalytic Converter ] Service and Repair

6 25 Nm

Replace

7 Gasket

Replace

8 Bolt

9 Front exhaust pipe

With flex joint

Decoupling element must not be bent more than 10° - otherwise it may be damaged

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Front Exhaust Pipe ] Service and Repair

10 Front clamping sleeve

Installed location: Threaded connection faces toward left

Installation position of bolt ends, refer to => [ Installed position of front clamping sleeve ]

Before tightening, align exhaust system tension-free, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

Tighten threaded connections evenly.

11 23 Nm

Replace

12 Spacer sleeve

13 Buffer

14 Tab

15 Spacer sleeve

16 Bolt

17 Rear muffler

For left side of vehicle

Original equipment as one unit with center muffler. For repairs, replace each separately.

Separating point => [ Separate exhaust pipes at separating point using at a right angle. ] Service and Repair

Install exhaust system free of stress, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

18 Suspended mountings

Replace if damaged

Check pretension, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

19 23 Nm

20 Rear muffler

For right side of vehicle

Original equipment as one unit with center muffler. For repairs, replace each separately.

Separating point => [ Separate exhaust pipes at separating point using at a right angle. ] Service and Repair

Install exhaust system free of stress, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

21 23 Nm

22 23 Nm

23 Rear clamping sleeves

For individual replacement of center and rear mufflers

Before tightening, align exhaust system tension-free, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

Installed location: Threaded connections face outward

Installation position of bolt ends => [ Installed position of rear double clamps ]

Tighten threaded connections evenly.

24 Center muffler

Original equipment as one unit with rear mufflers. For repairs, replace each separately.

Separating point => [ Separate exhaust pipes at separating point using at a right angle. ] Service and Repair

Install exhaust system free of stress, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

25 23 Nm

26 Suspended mount

Replace if damaged

When installing, pay attention to direction of arrow (driving direction)

Check pretension, refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing

27 Bolt

28 Washer

29 Spring

30 Spacing sleeve

31 25 Nm

Replace

32 30 Nm

Replace

Installed position of front clamping sleeve





- When installing double clamp, ensure that the bolt end does not project over lower edge of double clamp.

Threaded connection faces toward left.

Installed position of rear double clamps





- When installing double clamps, ensure that the bolt ends do not project beyond lower edge of double clamp.

Threaded connections point toward outside.