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Receiver Dryer: Service and Repair
Fluid Tank Located In The Fresh Air Compartment
Removal
1. Remove the cover above the heating/air-conditioning system and fluid tank.
2. Remove the refrigerant by suction using the service unit.
3. Undo the hose clamp on the fluid tank. Undo both hexagon-head bolts on the fluid tank and remove the fluid tank upwards. Immediately close
lines with plugs so that they are air-tight.
Installation
1. Do not remove plugs until shortly before installation. Replace the O-ring on the branch piece and on the refrigerant line, and wet the new O-rings
with refrigerant. oil.
2. Tighten both hexagon-head bolts on fluid tank with
6 Nm (4.5 ftlb)
.
3. Determine the quantity of the refrigerant oil and fill up again with refrigerant oil
(volume removed by suction + 30 cu.cm)
.
NOTE
: The fluid tank must be replaced if the system suffers from operational faults (e.g. accident damage or air-conditioning system depressurized).
Refrigerant oil removed from a previously run air-conditioning system may no longer be used (special-category waste).
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