Data
- Make
- Aston Martin
- Model
- DB7 Factory Workshop Manual Volume 2: Electrics, Body and Air Conditioning
- Year
- 1994–1998
- Section
- Repair procedures › Data
Air conditioningData · page 1 of 2
Data
Torque Figures
Cylinder head bolts 29.83 - 33.9 Nm
Procedure
- Open the bonnet and fit a wing cover.
- Depressurise the air conditioning system.
- Remove the compressor.
- Position the compressor in a vice, tighten the vice onto the compressor body lugs.
- Remove the outlet port blanking plate securing bolt and detach the plate.
- Remove the ‘O’ ring seals from the compressor outlet port.
- Remove the cylinder head securing bolts and detach the cylinder head (Fig. 1-1) from the cylinder block.
- Remove valve plate (Fig. 1-2) from the compressor.
- Remove all traces of gasket material from the mating surfaces of the cylinder head and compressor.
- Apply clean refrigerant oil to the gaskets and then position them on the valve plate.
- Position the cylinder head (Fig. 2-1) on the cylinder block (Fig. 2-2), fit and tighten the securing bolts in the sequence shown in Fig. 3.
- Fit new ‘O’ ring seals in the compressor outlet port, position the outlet port blanking plate and fit and tighten the securing bolt.
- Check and top up compressor oil
- Refit the compressor.
- Recharge the air conditioning system.
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