Evacuating And Charging Valve, Removing And Installing, Low And High Pressure Side: Removing

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Vehicles with Refrigerant R134a

-- Discharge the refrigerant circuit. Refer to the appropriate Service Information .

Vehicles with Refrigerant R1234yf

-- Discharge the refrigerant circuit. Refer to REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT, DISCHARGING .

Continuation for All Vehicles

CAUTION:

Danger or frostbite due to refrigerant coming out under pressure.

Frostbite on the skin and other parts of the body is possible.

- Wear safety gloves.

- Wear protective eyewear.

- Extract refrigerant and open the refrigerant circuit immediately.

- If more than 10 minutes elapse after extracting the refrigerant and the refrigerant circuit was not opened, extract the refrigerant again. Pressure can develop in the refrigerant circuit due to evaporation.

-- For all the following work, close the open lines and connections with clean plugs from the :VAS6122 .

NOTE:

Ignore items -1 and 3-

Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

-- Remove the valve insert -2- using the :T10364 .