Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
To carry out the work you will need an inspection pit or overpass.
Removal
1. Prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").
2. Disconnect the catalytic converter from the exhaust pipe (see above, "Catalytic Converter - Replacement").
3. Key by 13 mm we unscrew the two nuts securing the pressure plate and remove it from the bracket studs.
4. Key by 13 mm we unscrew the two bolts securing the bracket to the cylinder block.
5. Remove the bracket.
6. Using a slotted screwdriver, bend back the edges of the locking plates of the nuts securing the intake pipe to the exhaust manifold.
7. With a socket wrench by 13 mm using an extension, unscrew the four nuts securing the intake pipe to the exhaust manifold.
8. Remove the exhaust pipe.
9. Remove the gasket from the studs.
Installation
We install the intake pipe in the reverse order, installing a new gasket.
We replace damaged, deformed nuts and lock plates.
