EVAPORATOR IN HEATER AND A/C UNIT, CLEANING, WITH Suction Feed Spray Gun:VAG1538 AND A SPRAY LANCE: Notes
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Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Suction Feed Spray Gun:VAG1538 (Refer to Parts Information for currently available suction feed spray guns)
- Suction Feed Spray Gun - Probe for Evaporator (Straight):VAG1538/5 (short version approximately 500 mm, bent to specification for this vehicle) -A- or Suction Feed Spray Gun - Probe for Evaporator Cleaning, Curved:VAG1538/6 (medium version approximately 600 mm pre-bent) -A-. (Refer to the Parts Information for sensors that can be delivered currently).
- Commercially available angle drill and a 9 mm long drill bit (only necessity when the evaporator was not cleaned previously)
- Cleaning Solution for A/C System Evaporator "D 600 100 A2" (for cleaning fluids that can currently be delivered. Refer to the Parts Information)
- Plugs 8D0 819 598. Refer to the Parts Information.
- Commercially Available Vacuum Cleaner
On a vehicle without an A/C system (only with a heater) the evaporator installed in the heater does not function, it is only works a place holder and to reduce noise. If there are odors in the evaporator, it can be cleaned in the same way as an A/C system.
- Note the cleaning solution product data sheet
- It is recommended to have several short and long spray lances, since they are used either in their straight form, or must be bent to different degrees for various vehicles (or they are already bent). Repeatedly changing the form of the spray lance will damage it and is therefore not advisable.
The recommended bend radius of the Suction Feed Spray Gun - Probe for Evaporator (Straight) VAG 1538/5 (short) or Suction Feed Spray Gun - Probe for Evaporator Cleaning, Curved VAG 1538/6 (middle length) -A- for this vehicle is shown.
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The guide washer -B- is attached opposite of the spray lance holes -C-. This also allows the spray direction to be detected when the spray lance is inserted.