Expansion Valve, Removing And Installing, Rear: Removing

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-- Remove the side trim panel on the left side of the luggage compartment. Refer to FRONT DOOR TRIM PANELS .

Vehicles with Refrigerant R134a

-- Drain the refrigerant circuit. Refer to REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT .

Vehicles with Refrigerant R1234yf

-- Drain the refrigerant circuit. Refer to appropriate service information. .

Continuation for All Vehicles

CAUTION:

Danger or frostbite due to refrigerant coming out under pressure.

Frostbite on the skin and other parts of the body is possible.

- Wear safety gloves.

- Wear protective eyewear.

- Extract refrigerant and open the refrigerant circuit immediately.

- If more than 10 minutes elapse after extracting the refrigerant and the refrigerant circuit was not opened, extract the refrigerant again. Evaporation can cause pressure to develop in the refrigerant circuit.

-- For all the following work, close the open lines and connections with clean plugs from the :VAS6122 .

-- Remove the bolts -A-.

Fig 1: Identifying Refrigerant Lines, Removal

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-- Remove the refrigerant lines -B and C- from the expansion valve -D-.

-- Remove the bolts -A-.

Fig 2: Identifying Expansion Valve, Removal

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-- Remove the expansion valve -B-.