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Secondary Air Injection Left Combination Valve






Secondary Air Injection Left Combination Valve

Removing

During installation, all cable ties must be installed at the same location.

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

- Remove the strut tower brace.






- Remove the left front wheel housing liner - 6 -.






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






Risk of destroying electrical components.

Complete the steps for disconnecting the battery.

- Turn off the ignition and remove ignition key.

- Disconnect the Ground (GND) cable - 2 - from the battery post.






- Free up the Oxygen Sensor (O2S) 2 after catalytic converter (G131) wire.

- Remove the bolt - 1 - and nuts - arrows -. Then remove the left catalytic converter from the exhaust manifold.






- Remove the bolts - arrows -, pull the filler tube - 1 - out of the windshield washer fluid reservoir and out of the opening in the body and move it to the right.






- Remove the cap nut - 2 - and free up the Ground (GND) cable.






- Open the retainers - arrow - and remove the Engine Control Module (ECM) (J623) - 1 -.

- Remove the bolts - arrows - and the cover - 1 - from the plenum chamber E-box.






- Disconnect the electrical connectors - 1 - and remove the nut - 2 - for the electrical wire.






- Release the retainers - arrows - and remove the relay carrier with the fuse panel - 3 -.

- Disengage the engine wiring harness from the plenum chamber E-box and free it up.

- Release the retainers - A arrows - and remove the wiring bushing - 1 - upward - B arrow -.






- Free up the wiring harness and push it to the side.

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






- Remove the bolts - 3 - for the secondary air hose.






- Remove the vacuum line - 2 - from the secondary air injection (AIR) combination valve.

- Remove the bolts - 1 - and remove secondary air injection (AIR) combination valve.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

Tightening specifications:

=> [ Secondary Air Injection System Overview ] Service and Repair

=> [ Secondary Air Combination Valve Heat Shield - Tightening Specification ] Service and Repair

Replace the gasket.

- Install the cover for the plenum chamber E-box.

- Electrical connections and routing.

- Install the engine control module.

- Install the windshield wiper fluid reservoir filler tube.

- Install the left catalytic converter. Refer to => [ Left Catalytic Converter ] Left Catalytic Converter.

- Install the subframe heat shield.

- Install the front wheel housing liner.

- Install the tower brace.

- Follow the instructions for connecting the battery.