Procedures

Exhaust System, Aligning

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque Wrench (5-50 Nm) (V.A.G 1331)

Conditions:

• Align the exhaust system when cold.

Procedure

- Loosen the nuts - 3 and 4 - on the front clamping sleeve - 1 -.






- Align the front clamping sleeve - 1 - to the mark - A - on the front exhaust pipe - 2 - (- arrow - faces in direction of travel).

• - a - = 5 mm

• The bolts must be at the right and must not project beyond the lower edge of the clamping sleeve - arrow -.






- Hand tighten the front nut - 3 - on the clamping sleeve.






- Push the exhaust system as far forward until the dimension - a - on the outer retaining loop of the front muffler is 9 to 11 mm. The - arrow - points in direction of travel.






- In this position, evenly tighten the nut - 3 and 4 - on the clamping sleeves.






Tightening specification: 23 Nm

Tailpipe, Aligning

- Align the rear muffler so that the distance - a - between the bumper cutout and the right and left tailpipes is equal.






At the same time, the distance - b - of the bumper cutout must be parallel to the tailpipes.

- To align the tailpipes, loosen the rear muffler mounting components if necessary.