Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛
To remove or install a condenser or receiver-dryer, it is necessary to remove a set of engine cooling system components.
Caution: The cooling fins of the heat exchangers are very fragile. When working on the heat exchangers, take precautions to prevent damage to the cooling fins.
Removal
- Remove the upper fan guide brackets by lifting the brackets up with a screwdriver and sliding them back to release them.
- Remove the flange mounting bolt (1, Fig. 14.12) and remove the receiver-drier
Fig. 14.12. Location of the bolt (1) for fastening the receiver-dryer
Installation
- Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
- When connecting the pipes to the receiver-dryer, lubricate the gaskets with compressor oil.
- Using a filling station, fill the refrigeration circuit with R134a refrigerant.
Fig. 14.13. Location of valves for releasing gas under low (1) and high (2) pressure
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