Catalytic Converter: Service and Repair

Catalytic Converter

Removal and Installation
1. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist. For additional information, refer to Maintenance/Service and Repair.
2. Remove and discard the 2 nuts and the muffler clamp.
^ To install, tighten to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
3. Remove the 2 catalytic converter-to-dual Y-pipe nuts and the catalytic converter.
^ Discard the nuts and the gasket.
^ To install, tighten to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).

4. NOTE: Clean the mating surfaces of the catalytic converter and the dual converter Y-pipe.

NOTE: To correctly seat the converters, alternately tighten the catalytic converter-to-dual converter Y-pipe nuts to specification.

To install, reverse the removal procedure.
^ Install new nuts, gasket and muffler clamp.