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Right-hand drive:
– Unscrew bolts -arrows- and remove bracket -A-.
All vehicles:
Caution
Risk of damage to flexible joint.
♦ Do not allow the flexible joint to kink by more than 10°.
♦ Install flexible joint so that it is not under tension.
♦ Do not damage wire mesh on decoupling element.
– First, remove »upper« catalytic converter for exhaust bank 2
downwards. Then remove catalytic converter for exhaust bank
1.
Installing:
• Specified torques ⇒ page 258 and ⇒ page 253 .
Note
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Renew seals, gaskets and self-locking nuts.
♦
Coat studs with high-temperature paste - G 052 112 A3- .
♦
Attach cable ties in all the same places when installing.
– First place »bottom« catalytic converter for exhaust bank 1 in
its installation position. Then, install catalytic converter for ex‐
haust bank 2.
Further installation is carried out in reverse order of removal, ob‐
serving the following:
– Bolt propshaft to final drive at front securely ⇒ Rep. gr. 39 .
– Install gearbox carrier ⇒ Differential and final drive; Rep. gr.
34 ; Installing gearbox carrier and console .
– Install Lambda probes ⇒ page 267 .
– Install throttle valve module - J338- .
– Align exhaust system free of stress ⇒ page 265 .
– For vehicles with air suspension, deactivate jacking mode ⇒
Rep. gr. 43 .
2.6 Aligning exhaust system free of stress
• The exhaust system must be aligned when cold.
• Specified torques ⇒ page 258 .
– Loosen threaded connections of front clamps.
– Loosen threaded connections of rear repair clamps if there are
any.
– Push exhaust system forwards -arrow- until preload at mount‐
ings is as follows:
Touareg 2010 ➤ , Touareg 2015 ➤
6-cylinder direct-injection engine (3.6 l engine, 4V) - Edition 12.2019
2. Silencers and catalytic converters 265