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Right Secondary Air Combination Valve






Right Secondary Air Combination Valve

Removing

- Remove the right front muffler. Refer to => [ Front Muffler ] Front Muffler.

- Remove the strut tower brace.






- Remove the vacuum hose - 3 - from the connection on the air guide pipe.






- Remove the air guide pipe by loosening the hose clamp - 4 - and opening the clips - arrows -.

- Free up the fuel hose - 1 - and the Evaporative Emission (EVAP) canister hose - 2 - on the air duct pipe.

- Remove the electrical connector - 1 - for the Oxygen Sensor (O2S) after Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC) (G130) from the bracket and disconnect it.






Ignore - 2, 3, 4 - and - arrows -.

- Remove the nuts - arrows - and bolt - 1 - and remove the right catalytic converter from the exhaust manifold and move it to the back.






- Remove the bolts - arrows - and the heat shield - 1 -.






- Remove the vacuum line - 2 - from the Secondary Air Injection (AIR) combination valve.






- Remove the bolts - 3 -, remove the right secondary air combination valve and remove the bolts - 1 - for the secondary air hose.

Installing

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Secondary Air Injection System Overview ] Service and Repair, => [ Secondary Air Combination Valve Heat Shield - Tightening Specification ] Service and Repair.

Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

Replace the gasket.

The hose connections as well as the air guide pipes and hoses must be free of oil and grease before installing.

Secure all hose connections with hose clamps of the same type as those equipped by the factory. Refer to the Parts Catalog

In order to be able to securely mount the air guide hoses on their connectors, spray the screws on the previously used clamps with a rust remover.

- Install the right catalytic converter. Refer to => [ Right Catalytic Converter ] Right Catalytic Converter

- Install the tower brace.