Removal and Replacement

Removing And Installing The Expansion Valve

Removing expansion valve
1. Remove the cover above the heating/air-conditioning system.
2. Remove the refrigerant by suction using the service unit.
3. Detach the air-conditioning lines at the expansion valve. Immediately close connections and lines with plugs so that they are air-tight.







4. Undo the expansion valve -arrow- and remove. Immediately close the lines to the evaporator with plugs so that they are air-tight.

Installing expansion valve

INFORMATION: Refrigerant oil removed from a previously run air-conditioning system may no longer be used (special-category waste).

- Do not remove plugs until shortly before installation. Replace O-rings and wet the new rings with refrigerant oil.

Tightening torques: M5 screw: 6 Nm (4.5 ftlb.), M6 screw: 9 Nm (6.5 ftlb.)