How To Install Cat Back Exhaust
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Looking to install your exhaust from the catalytic converter back? Follow these instructions below.
- Raise the automobile up. If you do not own a lift, use ramps or a jack. Pick up the rear so you will be able to get under it. Evaluate the shape of all the
parts of your exhaust system prior to starting. If you want to start at the catalytic converter, exhaust manifold, or the crossover pipe, make sure to order
the necessary parts before getting rid of the old exhaust system.
- Lie down on your back and place yourself under the car until you're looking at where the pipes connect to the catalytic converter.
- Unbolt the old exhaust system beginning from the rear of the car and make your way forward. Typically, the bolts are rusty and difficult to remove unless
you've got an impact gun. Apply some WD-40 to penetrate the bolts.
- Take out all pieces of the exhaust that you plan on replacing. Take them off the hangers and lay your parts aside. You should now have all of the pipe
removed. If you've got brand-new hangers (suggested because stock ones are spongy and old), cut off the old ones with some sort of cutting tool (Dremel will work).
- Depending upon the type of hangers you have on your car, place the brand-new hangers onto the exhaust pieces first; this is normally a less complicated
method to put the pieces back on.
- Beginning from the front of the car, install the exhaust piece up and then put it onto the pipe in front of it. Don't tighten it up all the way until you have all parts on.
- Whenever you do not have brand new gaskets to position between the pipe sections, either purchase some brand-new ones or you can utilize the old ones if
they are the correct diameter. It is advisable to have new ones to prevent exhaust leakage afterwards.
- Subsequently after all pipes are connected, begin fastening each section to the 1st. Apply an ample amount of torque on each bolt to make certain it is tight.
- When you make it to the rear of the car, take a couple of steps back and fix any alignment readjustments. You want the tailpipes to be level with the
bumper and to look satisfactory.
- Check all the bolts again and make sure they are tight.
- Start the car up and find any leaks you might experience.
