Exhaust Pipe: Service and Repair

WM 263419 Removing and installing tailpipes on DFI engines (includes adjusting)

Technical values

Preliminary work

1. Remove lower side cover of rear apron.
1.1. Unscrew fastening screws -1- and remove cover -2- ( -arrow- ).

Removing cover

Removing and installing tailpipes (includes adjusting)

V6, V8 S and V8 Turbo tailpipes

Exclusive and Sport tailpipes

1. Loosen screw on ball clamp -1-. Open up ball clamp and slide it aside.

Ball clamp

2. Loosen tailpipe and remove it towards the rear through the rear apron.
3. Clean extension positions and replace ball clamp.
4. Move tailpipes into installation position and align them. To do this, tighten ball clamp slightly, check the gap dimensions, align the tailpipes and then tighten the ball clamp. => 263419 Removing and installing tailpipes on DFI engines - section on "Adjusting"=> Tightening torque: 35 Nm (26 ftlb.)+/-3.5 Nm (+/-2.5 ftlb.)

Installation position of V6 and V8 S tailpipe

Adjusting and aligning tailpipes

NOTICE

Tailpipe not fitted correctly

- Components can heat up

-> Observe exact gap dimensions.
-> After the test drive, check the gap dimensions again and re-adjust if necessary.

Information

If the gap dimensions of the tailpipes with respect to the rear apron are different due to design changes, the tailpipes must be adjusted to a uniform distance from the rear apron.

- Check gap dimensions of tailpipe with respect to rear apron. => V8 S/V6 tailpipe

V8 S/V6 tailpipe

V8 Sport/V8 Turbo tailpipe

V8 Exclusive tailpipe

Subsequent work

1. Install lower side cover of rear apron.

Installing cover

1.1. Place cover -2- on the rear apron -arrow- and align it.
1.2. Tighten fastening screws -1-. => Tightening torque: 4.5 Nm (3.5 ftlb.)+/-0.5 Nm (+/-0.5 ftlb.)