Chrysler Stratus RHD 1997 Interactive Electronic Service Manual page 1322

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GENERAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
A/C PRESSURE TRANSDUCER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A/C REFRIGERANT LINES
AIR CONDITIONING COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . 2
COMPRESSOR CLUTCH/COIL ASSEMBLY . . . . 4
COMPRESSOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . 4
EVAPORATOR PROBE
EXPANSION VALVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HANDLING TUBING AND FITTINGS . . . . . . . . . . 4
SYSTEM AIRFLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
THERMAL LIMITER SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
A/C PERFORMANCE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMPRESSOR CLUTCH COIL
COMPRESSOR NOISE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONTROL MODULE
HEATER PERFORMANCE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SYSTEM OIL LEVEL
THERMAL LIMITER SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SERVICE PROCEDURES
EVACUATING REFRIGERANT SYSTEM . . . . . . . 8
R-134a REFRIGERANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SYSTEM CHARGE LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SYSTEM LEAK CHECKING
THERMOCOUPLE PROBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
A/C PRESSURE TRANSDUCER . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GENERAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
The heater/air conditioning systems share many of
the same components. This group will deal with both
systems together when component function is com-
mon, and separately when they are not.
HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
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HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
CONTENTS
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BLOWER MOTOR AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY . . . 13
BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
. . . . 2 BLOWER MOTOR WHEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
COMPRESSOR CLUTCH/COIL ASSEMBLY . . . 15
COMPRESSOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CONDENSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CONTROL MODULE
DISCHARGE LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EVAPORATOR PROBE
EVAPORATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
EXPANSION VALVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
FILTER/DRIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
HEATER CORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
HEATER HOSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LIQUID LINE
MODE DOOR ACTUATOR MOTOR
RECIRCULATION DOOR CABLE . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SUCTION LINE
TEMPERATURE DOOR CABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
THERMAL LIMITER SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
UNIT HOUSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
UNIT HOUSING RECONDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SPECIFICATIONS
CLUTCH
COMPRESSOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
THERMAL LIMITER SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SPECIAL TOOLS
AIR CONDITIONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
For proper operation of the instrument panel con-
trols, refer to the Owner's Manual provided with the
vehicle.
All vehicles are equipped with a common Heater-
A/C unit housing assembly.
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