Opel Frontera UE. Manual - part 1564

6F–5

ENGINE EXHAUST (6VD1 3.2L)

Forked Exhaust Pipe

Forked Exhaust Pipe and Associated Parts

150RX022

Legend

(1) Mass Damper
(2) Forked Exhaust Pipe Fixing Bolts
(3) Forked Exhaust Pipe

(4) Forked Exhaust Pipe Fixing Nuts
(5) Exhaust Silencer Fixing Nuts
(6) Forked Exhaust Pipe Fixing Bolts

Removal

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Lift up the vehicle and support with suitable safety

stands.

3. Remove the forked exhaust pipe fixing bolts & nuts

(2) (4) (6) and the exhaust silencer fixing nuts (5), then
remove the forked exhaust pipe (3) and the mass
damper (1).

Installation

1. Install the forked exhaust pipe (3) and the mass

damper (1),  and tighten the fixing bolts (2) (6) and the
nuts (4) (5)  to the specified torque.

Torque
Bolts&nuts : 43 N·m (4.4kg·m/32 lb ft)
Nuts : 43 N·m (4.4kg·m/32 lb ft)

SECTION

6F–6

ENGINE EXHAUST (6VD1 3.2L)

Exhaust Silencer

Exhaust Silencer and Associated Parts

150RX021

Legend

(1) Forked Exhaust Pipe
(2) Support Rubber Fixing Nuts

(3) Exhaust Silencer
(4) Exhaust Silencer Fixing Nuts
(5) Rear Exhaust Pipe Fixing Nuts

Removal

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Lift up the vehicle and support with suitable safety

stands.

3. Remove the support rubber fixing nuts (2), the

exhaust silencer fixing nuts (4) and rear exhaust pipe
fixing nuts (5), then remove the exhaust silencer (3).

Installation

1. Install the exhaust silencer (3) and tighten the fixing

nuts (4) (5) to the specified torque.

Torque
Nuts: 43 N·m (4.4kg·m/32 lb ft)

2. Tighten the support rubber fixing nuts (2) to the

specified torque.

Torque
Bolts: 15 N·m (1.5kg·m/11 lb ft)

SECTION

6F–7

ENGINE EXHAUST (6VD1 3.2L)

Rear Exhaust pipe

Rear Exhaust pipe and Associated
Parts

150RW028

Legend

(1) Mounting Rubber
(2) Rear Exhaust Pipe Fixing Nuts
(3) Mounting Rubber
(4) Rear Exhaust Pipe

Removal

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Lift up the vehicle and support with suitable safety

stands.

3. Remove the rear exhaust fixing nuts (2) and the

mounting rubbers (1) (3), then remove the rear
exhaust pipe (4).

Installation

1. Install the rear exhaust pipe (4) and the mounting

rubbers (1) (3), then tighten the fixing nuts (2) to the
specified torque.

Torque
Nuts: 43 N·m (4.4kg·m/32 lb ft)

SECTION

6F–8

ENGINE EXHAUST (6VD1 3.2L)

Main Data and Specifications

Torque Specifications

N·m (kg·m/lb ft)

150RX020

SECTION