Removing and installing the condenser: Installation
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- Do not remove the plugs for the lines and condenser connection until shortly before installation.
- Replace O-rings and wet the new O-rings with refrigerant oil.
- Tightening torques:TIGHTENING TORQUES
Refrigerant lines M6 10 Nm Condenser 4,0 +/- 0,5 Nm When loosening or tightening the M8 refrigerant lines on the condenser, always counter with a 21-mm open-ended wrench.
- Determine the quantity of the refrigerant oil and top up again with refrigerant oil (volume removed by suction + 20 cm3
).NOTE:
- Refrigerant oil removed by suction from a previously run air-conditioning system may no longer be used (special-category waste).