Installing Expansion Valve
WARNING:
Refrigerant
- Danger of freezing
→ Avoid contact with refrigerant.
→ Wear personal protective gear.
→ Observe the safety regulations for working on air-conditioned vehicles and handling refrigerant.
→ Observe the safety regulations for extraction and filling systems.
→ Observe the instructions for repairing air-conditioning systems and storing spare parts.
Information
- Before re-installing the expansion valve, the O-rings on the refrigerant lines must be checked for damage and replaced if necessary.
- The O-rings on the refrigerant lines must be coated with refrigerant oil.
- Check seals -1-
on the refrigerant adapter -2-
for damage and replace them if necessary.
Checking/replacing seals
- Install expansion valve.
Carefully push expansion valve -2- onto the evaporator refrigerant lines -arrow- .
Tighten fastening screws -1- to the prescribed tightening torque > Tightening torque 3.5 Nm (2.5 ftlb.)
Installing expansion valve