Removing and Installing Tailpipe

Removing And Installing Tailpipe

Technical values







Removing tailpipe

DANGER:
Vehicle raised incorrectly.
- Danger of fatal injury or material damage should the vehicle fall down.

- Raise the vehicle at the prescribed jacking points.










1. Loosen hexagon nut (M10) at the clamp on the tailpipe cover.
2. Open up clamp.
3. Pull off tailpipe cover.

INFORMATION: The help of another person is required for removing and installing the rear silencer.

4. Remove one rear silencer. To do so, loosen clamps on the tailpipe and clamping sleeve on the connecting tube. Remove triangular flange for exhaust manifold and screws on silencer holder.


Replacing tailpipe clamp







The clamps on the tailpipe and tailpipe cover can be replaced if necessary. These can be obtained as a spare part from the Porsche parts service.







1. Cut spotweld on the defective clamp.
2. Slide on new clamp and secure it between the rear silencers after adjusting the tailpipe or connecting tube (cross-coupling point). - Tightening torque: 65 Nm (48 ftlb.)

Installing tailpipe

1. Clean tailpipe and flange on rear silencer with a wire brush for example. The connecting areas can be sprayed with high-temperature grease for easier assembly.
2. Position clamping sleeve on connecting tube.
3. Position tailpipe.
4. Install rear silencer.
5. Secure clamps loosely to tailpipe with hexagon nuts. Also secure clamping sleeve to connecting tube.
6. Fit and adjust tailpipe cover.
7. Tighten clamping sleeve on connecting tube. - Tightening torque: 23 Nm (17 ftlb.)







8. Tighten hexagon nuts (M10) -Arrow- on tailpipe clamps. - Tightening torque: 65 Nm (48 ftlb.)