Installation Procedure
- Clean the sealing surface.
- Install the exhaust manifold.
Use new gasket and nuts.
Tighten: Tighten the 9 nuts to 20 N.m (15 lb ft).
- Replace the heat shield.
Install the wiring harness bracket of the oxygen sensor mixture regulator.
Tighten: Tighten the bolt to 15 N.m (11 lb ft).
- Raise the vehicle by its full height.
- If equipped with air conditioning, install the compressor. Refer to Air Conditioning Compressor Replacement
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Tighten: Tighten the 3 bolts to 22 N.m (16 lb ft).
- In vehicles with air conditioning, install the drive belt. Refer to Drive Belt Replacement .
- Install the catalytic converter bracket.
Install to the cylinder block.
Tighten: Tighten the 2 bolts to 20 N.m (15 lb ft).
- Install the catalytic converter to the bracket.
Tighten: Tighten the 2 bolts to 20 N.m (15 lb ft).
- Install the heat shield to the catalytic converter.
Tighten: Tighten the 2 bolts to 8 N.m (70 lb in).
- Install the exhaust system.
Install the 6 damper rings.
- Install the front exhaust pipe to the catalytic converter.
Use a new gasket.
Tighten: Tighten the 3 new nuts to 20 N.m (15 lb ft).
- Install the catalytic converter control oxygen sensor wiring harness.
- Connect the wiring harness plug.
- Install the wiring harness into the bracket.
- Install the oil dipstick guide tube. Refer to Oil Level Indicator and Tube Replacement .
- Clean the 2 threads.
- Install the 2 engine transport shackles.
Tighten: Tighten the 2 bolts to 25 N.m (18 lb ft).
- Install the bracket, wiring harness for the mixture regulator oxygen sensor to the cylinder head together with the exhaust manifold heat shield.
Tighten: Tighten the bolt to 25 N.m (18 lb ft).
- Install the mixture regulator oxygen sensor. Refer to Heated Oxygen Sensor 1 Replacement .
- Install the resonator. Refer to Air Cleaner Inlet Duct Replacement .
- Install the air cleaner assembly. Refer to Air Cleaner Assembly Replacement .
- Connect the battery.
Install the negative connection to the ground terminal.
Tighten: Tighten the nut to 5 N.m (44 lb in).
- Inspect and correct the engine oil level.
- For programming procedures, refer to Control Module References .
- Close the hood.
NOTE:
Refer to Fastener Notice
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