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Removing and installing the expansion valve: Installation

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  1. Do not remove plugs until shortly before installation. Replace O-rings and wet the new rings with refrigerant oil.
  2. Refrigerant oil removed from a previously run air-conditioning system may no longer be used (special-category waste).

Tightening torques: 

TIGHTENING TORQUES - EXPANSION VALVE

Screw M5 6 Nm (4.5 ftlb)
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