Check Refrigerant Gas Pressure
- Prepare the vehicle.
- Place the vehicle in the shade and windless condition, and open the front hood.
- Open the front and rear windows and close all doors.
- Check that the ambient temperature is 25 - 40°C (77 - 104°F) and that the humidity is 30 - 80 %.
- Check the refrigerant pressure.
- Attach the manifold gauge set.CAUTION:
- During operation, be sure to wear protective goggles and protective gloves.
- Follow the detailed operation procedure described in the attached operation manual.
1 Manifold gauge 2 Low pressure valve 3 Center valve 4 High pressure valve 5 Low-pressure hose 6 Center manifold hose (vacuum pump and charge) 7 High-pressure hose 8 Low-pressure side service port 9 High-pressure side service port - Check that all valves are fully closed.
- Install the low/high pressure hoses to the service ports on the low/high pressure sides of the vehicle respectively.CAUTION: Confirm that the connections are secure.
- Start the engine.
- Set the vehicle to the following conditions.
Item Condition Engine Warming-up Air vent grille Full open A/C switch ON Temperature setting LO (MAX COOL) FRESH/RECIRC position RECIRC Air flow control position VENT Fan speed 5/7 level - Idle the engine for 30 minutes under the conditions in step (3).
- Read the gauge values on both high pressure side and low pressure side of the manifold gauge.
- Attach the manifold gauge set.
- Using a thermometer and a hygrometer, measure the air vent grille outlet opening temperature, ambient temperature and humidity.NOTE: For outlet opening temperature, measure the average temperature of center grille assembly and side grille assembly.
- Check that the high and low pressures and outlet opening temperature for ambient temperature and humidity is within the standard value described in the chart below.
- Refer to "DIAGNOSIS WITH SYMPTOM" if the inspection result is not within the standard value. Ref. to AIR CONDITIONER>REFRIGERANT PRESSURE WITH MANIFOLD GAUGE SET>INSPECTION>INSPECTION WITH PRESSURE SYMPTOM .