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Stress-free alignment of the exhaust
system - Vehicles with front wheel drive


Vehicles without clamp between center
muffler and rear muffler

The exhaust system must be aligned when
cold.

- Loosen bolted connections on front clamp -Item
16 -, Page 26
-5 .

Aligning tailpipes - Push exhaust system toward front of vehicle -arrow- so that rear
mounting of rear muffler is pre-loaded by amount -a- = 9 to 11 mm.
- Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.

Align tailpipes so that the distance -a- is the same on both sides.
At the same time, distance -b- must be obtained between the bumper cut-
out and the tailpipe:

Dimension b = min. 24 mm
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Vehicles with clamp between center muffler
and rear muffler

The exhaust system must be aligned when
cold.

Note:
It is only necessary to additionally align the
center muffler on vehicles with a clamp installed
between the center and rear mufflers.

- Loosen bolted connections on front -Item 16 -,
Page 26
-5 and rear clamps -Item 21 -, Page
26
-6 .

- Push front section of exhaust system toward front of vehicle -arrow-
until preloading at right-hand mounting of center muffler is -a- = 7 to 9
mm.
- Tighten bolts on front clamp -Item 16 -, Page 26
-5 evenly to 40 Nm.
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Aligning tailpipes - Push rear part of exhaust system towardsfront of vehicle -arrow- so
that rear mounting on rear muffler is preloaded by -a- = 9 to 11 mm.
- Tighten bolts on rear clamp -Item 21 -, Page 26
-6 evenly to 40 Nm.

Align tailpipes so that distance -a- is the same on both sides.
At the same time, distance -b- must be obtained between the bumper cut-
out and the tailpipe:

Dimension b = min. 24 mm
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Stress-free alignment of exhaust system
- Vehicles with all-wheel drive


Vehicles without clamp between centre
silencer and rear silencer
The exhaust system must be aligned when
cold.

- Loosen bolted connections on clamp -Item 15 -,
Page 26
-12


Aligning tailpipes - Push rear silencer towards front of vehicle -arrow- so that rear right
mounting on rear silencer is preloaded by a = 9...11 mm.
- Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.

- Align tailpipes so that distance -a- is the same on both sides.
- At the same time, distance -b- must be obtained between bumper cut-
out and tailpipe:

Dimension b = min. 24 mm
Pa
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Vehicles with clamp between centre silencer
and rear silencer
The exhaust system must be aligned when
cold.

Note:
It is only necessary to additionally align the
centre silencer on vehicles with clamp fitted
between centre silencer and rear silencer.

- Slacken bolted connections on clamp -Item 15 -,
Page 26
-12
and -Item 22 -, Page 26
-14
.

- Push exhaust system towards front of vehicle -arrow- so that rear right
mounting on centre silencer is preloaded by a = 7...9 mm.
- Tighten bolts on front clamp -Item 15 -, Page 26
-12
evenly to 40
Nm.
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Aligning tailpipes - Push rear silencer towards front of vehicle -arrow- so that rear right
retainer on rear silencer is preloaded by a = 9...11 mm.
- Tighten bolts on rear clamp -Item 22 -, Page 26
-14
evenly to 40 Nm.

- Align tailpipes so that distance -a- is the same on both sides.
- At the same time, distance -b- must be obtained between bumper cut-
out and tailpipe:

Dimension b = min. 24 mm
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