Exhaust Pipe: Service and Repair

NOTE: Service mufflers are necessary, when replacing the intermediate pipe on an originally equipped welded system.

REMOVAL
1. Raise the vehicle.
2. Support the catalytic converter and muffler.





3. Remove the intermediate pipe hanger and tunnel brace.





4. Cut the pipe (1) at the converter and the muffler. Cut forward, toward the weld, at the converter-to-resonator pipe(2).
5. Remove the remaining portion of the pipe from the catalytic converter.





6. Remove the muffler hanger(s) and the muffler/tailpipe assembly.
7. Remove the rear intermediate pipe hanger and the intermediate pipe.

INSTALLATION
1. Install the intermediate pipe and the rear pipe hanger.
2. Install the muffler to the intermediate pipe and the hanger. Use a saddle/U bolt type clamp.





3. Install the intermediate pipe to the converter. Use a U-bolt type clamp.
4. Install the intermediate pipe hanger and tunnel brace.
5. Align the exhaust system. Tighten the nuts to 55 Nm (41 ft. lbs.).