Exhaust removal

[xsaylr]

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Sorry for yet another stupid question, it's just unfamiliar territory. What's this large canister that's right n the way of 1 of the exhaust bolts? Can it be removed long enough to get the exhaust out? Is that a torque converter? It's so damn difficult to find SVO pics on the interwebs...

[Stinger]

SVO's don't have torque converters since those are part of an automatic transmission and SVO's have manual transmissions.

Are you talking about the blurry thing on the right side nearest the picture? It's the starter. It's not in the way of the exhaust bolts though.

Just put some vise grips on the actuator rod, pull on them, and slide it over the wastegate flapper. You don't have to take the car apart to accomplish this.