Exhaust Pipe: Service and Repair
Exhaust Front Pipe Removal and InstallationRemoval
1. Remove the crossmember lower bracket with the bolts.
2. Remove the exhaust front pipe mounting bracket bolt.
3. Remove the nuts from the exhaust front pipe-to-catalytic converter flange.
4. Disconnect the oxygen sensor connector.
5. Remove the nuts from the exhaust front pipe-to-exhaust front muffler.
6. Remove the exhaust front pipe and the gasket.
7. Clean the sealing surfaces on the exhaust front muffler pipe flange and the exhaust front pi pet
8. Check the exhaust front pipe for holes, damage, open seams or other deterioration which could permit exhaust fumes to seep into the passenger compartment.
Installation
1. Install the exhaust front pipe and the gasket.
2. Install the nuts from the exhaust front pipe-to-exhaust front muffler.
Tighten: Tighten the exhaust front pipe-to-exhaust front muffler nets to 30 Nm (22 ft. lbs.).
3. Connect the oxygen sensor connector.
4. Install the nuts from the exhaust front pipe-to-catalytic converter flange.
5. Install the exhaust front pipe mounting bracket bolt.
Tighten: Tighten the exhaust front pipe-to-catalytic converter nuts to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
Tighten the exhaust front pipe-to-cylinder block bolt to 50 Nm (37 ft. lbs.).
6. Install the crossmember lower bracket bolts to 35 Nm (26 ft. lbs.).