Volkswagen Passat 2011 Workshop Manual page 40

Passat 2011 ➤ , Passat Variant 2011 ➤
Heating, air conditioner - Edition 06.2017
Removing
CAUTION
Risk of freezing injury caused by escaping pressurised refrig‐
erant.
There is a risk of injury to the skin and parts of the body due to
freezing.
– Wear protective gloves.
– Wear protective goggles.
– Extract refrigerant and open the refrigerant circuit immedi‐
ately afterwards.
– If more than 10 minutes have passed since the refrigerant
was extracted, repeat the extraction process before opening
the refrigerant circuit. Pressure could build up in the refrig‐
erant circuit from continued evaporation.
Note
Evacuate refrigerant circuit using air conditioner service sta‐
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tion before opening refrigerant circuit.
Releasing refrigerant into the environment is a punishable of‐
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fence.
1 - Connection with internal thread
2 - O-ring 10.8 mm; 1.8 mm
3 - Evacuating and charging valve (10 – 2 Nm) with groove and
internal thread for cap.
4 - O-ring 10.8 mm; 1.8 mm
5 - Cap
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
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Rep. gr.87 - Air conditioning system