Service Station, Connecting On Vehicles With No Connection On Low And High Pressure Side Of Refrigerant Circuit: Notes

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On the following vehicles, no service connection is provided for the service station on the low-pressure side of the refrigerant circuit; adapters must be used to connect the service station to the refrigerant circuit on these vehicles:

Audi 80, Audi Cabrio, Audi Coupe
Audi A4 through 07/1996
Audi 100/ Audi A6 through 03/1997
Audi A8 through 11/1997

NOTE:

For vehicles with no or an inaccessible connection on the A/C compressor, remove the A/C Refrigerant Low Pressure Switch -F73- (bridge the terminals in connector to A/C Refrigerant Low Pressure Switch -F73-) and install the adapter to this connection. Refer to Refrigerant Circuit (vehicle-specific Repair Information).

NOTE:

The tools listed below are commercially available or can be obtained from local distributor or importer.

Should it be necessary to measure the pressures at the switch connections on the high-pressure side, use the adapter A/C Adapter Set - Adapter 9:V.A.G 1785/9 and proceed in the same manner.