Exhaust Assemby - Dacia 1304 2004 Repair Manual

The exhaust assembly ensure the evacuation of the burnt gases issued during the
engine running and reduction of both noise level and dangerous emissions.
The assembly is composed of :
- downtake pipe (1);
- pipe and expansion chamber (8);
- intermediate pipe (4);
- silencer (7).
For vehicles equipped with injection system the downtake pipe is equipped with catalyst (11)
which has the purpose of pollution emissions reduction.
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ISMOUNTING
To dismount the silencer assembly perform the following operations :
Loosen the collar (6) between the intermediate pipe (4) and the silencer (7).
Dismount the two elastic rings (5) for attaching the back part of the silencer.
Dismount the silencer by trow it towards back.
To dismount the intermediate pipe (3) perform the following operations:
Loosen the collar (4) of fixing the intermediate pipe with the expansion chamber (8).
Dismount the two elastic rings (5) for attachin g the intermediate pipe and take it out by turning
and pulling it back.
To dismount the expansion chamber assembly perform the following operations:
Loosen the collar (9) between the expansion chamber assembly (8) and the primary
downtake pipe (1).
To dismount the downtake pipe perform the following operations:
Dismount the engine shield.
Unscrew the right crossbar fixing screw, loosen the fixing screw in the left part and rotate
the crossbar.
Dismount the fixing half collars (2) of the downtake pipe (1).
Dismount the attachment nuts of the downtake pipe on the exhaust manifold flange.
Dismount the elastic buffer RON (10) .
Take out the downtake pipe.
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