Removing
Lock the airbag computer.
Disconnect the battery.
Drain the refrigerant circuit using the refrigerant filling station.
Loosen the soundproofing material on the bulkhead shield in the engine compartment.
Loosen the mounting bolts (1) fittings of pipelines to the reducer.
Attention! To avoid refrigerant leakage, do not damage (do not deform, bend, etc.) pipeline.
Disconnect the pipes from the reducer.
Attention! To prevent moisture from entering the refrigeration circuit, insert plugs into the openings of the refrigeration circuit piping.
Insert the plugs into the holes.
Install clips (Ms. 583) in the zone (2).
Remove hose clamps (3) heater.
Disconnect heater hoses.
Remove:
- driver's frontal airbag,
- steering wheel,
- steering column switch assembly,
- dashboard,
- compartment for small items
- audio system
- front water distribution air,
- steering column.
Disconnect:
- wiring harness at point (4),
- wiring harness from the air distribution unit at the point (5).
Disconnect the wiring harness from the holder at the point (6).
Disconnect connector (7) engine start switch from the holder.
Diesel Models
Remove:
- screw (9) fixing the board of the relay of heating elements of interior heating,
- relay board for interior heating elements.
Disconnect connector (10) block of heating elements for interior heating.
All models
Remove the dashboard cross member.
Disconnect:
- block of wires from the climate control panel,
- block of wires to the passenger compartment electric fan,
- block of wires from the block of radiators of the electric fan of the passenger compartment.
Rear seat air duct
Disconnect the air supply pipes to the rear lower part of the passenger compartment from the air distribution unit.
Substitute a container to collect the coolant.
Remove:
- air distribution block
- air distribution unit control panel.
Remove from the air distribution unit:
- air recirculation damper cable,
- air distribution damper cable,
- air mixing damper cable,
- interior electric fan,
- cabin electric fan control unit,
- heater radiator pipes,
- heater radiator,
- condensate drain ring.
Remove the reducer.
Diesel Models
Remove the interior heating elements.
Installation
Check the condition of parts and replace defective parts if necessary.
Attention! To eliminate the possibility of leakage, before installing new gaskets, check the condition of the mating surface of the pipelines. The surface must be clean and without scratches.
Be sure to replace the gaskets between the pipelines and the heater core.
Install on the air distribution unit:
- heater radiator,
- heater radiator pipes,
- cabin electric fan control unit,
- interior electric fan,
- air mixing damper cable,
- air distribution damper cable,
- air recirculation damper cable,
- cladding kit,
- withdrawal ring,
- control Panel.
Diesel Models
Install interior heating elements.
All models
Install a tubular expansion valve.
Install the air distribution unit.
Connect the air supply pipes to the rear lower part of the passenger compartment to the air distribution unit.
Install:
- dashboard crossbar,
- bolts of fastening of the air distributing block.
Attach:
- socket of the block of resistors of the electrofan of salon,
- block of wires to the passenger compartment electric fan,
- wiring harness to the climate control panel.
Install the floor mat.
Note: Make sure the mat is placed under the accelerator pedal stop.
Diesel Models
Connect the interior heating element connector.
Install:
- relay board for interior heating heating elements,
- screw securing the relay board of the heating elements of the passenger compartment.
All models
Snap:
- ignition lock connector on the bracket,
- wiring harness at point (6).
Fasten:
- wiring harness from the air distribution unit at the point (5),
- wiring harness at point (4).
Install:
- steering column,
- front air distribution ducts,
- dashboard,
- dashboard,
- steering column switch assembly,
- steering wheel,
- audio system
- compartment for small items
- driver's frontal airbag.
Attach heater hoses.
Establish collars of fastening of pipelines of a radiator of a heater.
Remove clamps from hoses (Ms. 583).
Replace seals.
To facilitate installation, lubricate the gaskets with oil specified by the manufacturer for the air conditioning system.
Install the pipe fittings on the reducer.
Wrap bolts of fastening of unions of pipelines on a reducer.
Install soundproofing material to the bulkhead in the engine compartment.
Before charging the refrigeration circuit, find out the prescribed quantities of refrigerant and oil.
Charge the refrigeration circuit with refrigerant using a refrigerant filling station.
Check for leaks.
Check the operation of the air conditioning system.
Connect the battery.
Unlock the airbag computer.
Fill the engine cooling system with liquid.
Remove air from the engine cooling system.
Check the engine cooling system.