Removing And Installing Fluid Reservoir; Removing And Installing Condenser - Audi A3 1997 Manual

9.2 - Removing and installing fluid reservoir

- Drain the refrigerant circuit.
=> Air conditioner with refrigerant R134a
- -> Remove bolt -A- (tightening torque 15 Nm).
- Remove refrigerant lines -B-.
- Remove hexagon nut -C-.
- Remove bolt -D- (tightening torque 15 Nm).
- Remove fluid reservoir -G- from the retainer downward.
Notes:
◆ Replace both O-ring seals -E- and -F- (10.8 mm; 1.8 mm).
◆ Keep the fluid reservoir closed for as long as possible, only remove the caps immediately before installation
(the fluid reservoir contains a desiccant bag which soon becomes saturated with moisture and hence un‐
usable when the fluid reservoir is open).
◆ Replace fluid reservoir.
=> Air conditioner with refrigerant R134a
- The removed fluid reservoir contains refrigerant oil that has to be returned to the refrigerant circuit (with
a new fluid reservoir).
- The correction of the oil quantity is governed by the complaint.
If the fluid reservoir has been merely damaged in an accident, for example (no refrigerant has escaped
and no moisture or dirt has entered the refrigerant circuit), the air conditioner can be repaired without
extensive repair work by weighing the old and new fluid reservoir (fill the new reservoir with refrigerant
oil until it reaches the weight of the removed reservoir).

9.3 - Removing and installing condenser

- Drain the refrigerant circuit.
=> Air conditioner with refrigerant R134a
Heating, Air Conditioner - Edition 06.2000
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