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Ford Diesel Exhaust System Installation Instructions

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A very good cause to improve a Ford diesel exhaust system is since you wish to get power energy and torque out of your Ford truck. You wish to blow thick black smoke out the tailpipe and you do not need to expend the engine whenever you do. The benefit comes from the additional exhaust gases you can push out before piling up the warmth on the engine. Upgrade to a wider diameter exhaust system in case your plans are to boost the performance of a inventory Power Stroke diesel from Ford.

Ford Diesel Exhaust System Installation Procedures

1. Elevate the truck so that you’ve quick access to the whole beneath carriage of the vehicle. Carry with a flooring jack to a peak you could get underneath the truck and work. Lower the load of the truck onto 4 jack stands positioned underneath the frame rails to help the burden of the truck securely in place during the removal of the old exhaust system and the installation of the new, upgraded exhaust system.
2. Loosen the catalytic converter flange bolts and free the entrance exhaust pipes from the back of the exhaust and muffler tubing (cat-again). Take away the flange’s retaining bolts and keep to the side. The again of the exhaust is now separated from the front, and is hanging from its exhaust hangers situated along the length of the prevailing exhaust pipe. Locate every hanger as you make you solution to the tailpipe of the exhaust.
3. Cut the prevailing exhaust tubing at a point before the last exhaust hanger. The cut ought to be made in order that even after the pipe has been cut all the way through, the pieces are nonetheless suspended by their individual hangers. Slicing the tailpipe off first is necessary as a result of it is the one piece that needs to be labored out over the axle and has an enormous bend in it making it arduous to manipulate.
4. Lubricate the exhaust hanger will oil. These hangers have an armature with a cone formed finish that retains the exhaust from slipping off the top of the hanger. The exhaust piping has an arm with a tube that slips over the cone form onto the hanger which holds it in place. The exhaust arm and tube is lined with rubber to assist take up shock. Lubricate the old exhaust tube and pull the exhaust arm off of the hanger to free the tailpipe that has been reduce free from the remainder of the exhaust system. Maneuver the tailpipe over the rear axle and pull free from underneath the truck. Recycle when discarding.
5. Transfer below the truck to the subsequent exhaust hanger. Repeat the same technique of reducing the exhaust in a spot the place the piece will likely be still hanging in place after the lower has been made. Lubricate the exhaust hanger with oil and pull the exhaust free from the hanger. Proceed to chop, oil, and take away the rest of the cat-back exhaust system that is being replaced. The pieces ought to include the tailpipe, the exhaust tube with muffler, and the mid-system exhaust tube.
6. Grasp the new cat-again exhaust system underneath the truck utilizing the manufacturing unit exhaust hangers and a few oil to push the new exhaust arms and tubes with rubber linings onto the existing Ford exhaust hangers. Ranging from the tailpipe, maneuver the piping over the rear axle and hang. Muffler and mid-system shall be hung then linked using exhaust bands that fasten every finish together.
7. Maintain every pipe junction together end-to-end and wrap it with an exhaust band with two securing fasteners. Flip the fasteners clockwise to tighten. Use a forwards and backwards tightening method to get a fair utility of pressure across the two pipes and transfer to the subsequent junction. The beneficial torque for exhaust bands is approximately thirty kilos of pressure. This allows for a safe seal without and bending or harm of the piping which might result in a future exhaust leak.
8. Join the cat-back exhaust system to the present catalytic converters using the brand new flange end of the upgraded exhaust connecting to the present flange of the current catalytic converters. Replace any exhaust gasket that will have been used to help seal the exhaust system to the converters and tighten the flange retaining bolts.


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