Receiver drier

Refit

1. Clean air conditioning pipe connections.
2. Lubricate new ’O’ rings with refrigerant oil and fit to air conditioning pipes.
3. Remove caps from new condenser and fit to old condenser.
4. Position condenser to lower mountings.
5. Fit mounting brackets to condenser.
6. Align mounting brackets to striker plate panel and tighten bolts to 17 Nm.
7. Align air conditioning pipes to condenser and tighten bolts to 5 Nm.
8. Renew receiver drier. See this section.
9. Fit front bumper valance. See BODY, Exterior fittings.
10. Recharge air conditioning system. See Adjustments.

RECEIVER DRIER

Service repair no - 82.17.03

Remove

1. Recover refrigerant from A/C system. See Adjustments.

2. Disconnect multiplug from trinary switch.
3. Loosen and remove trinary switch, remove and discard ’O’ ring.
4. Remove 2 bolts securing A/C pipes to receiver drier.
5. Remove and discard 2 ’O’ ring seals from pipes.

CAUTION: Immediately cap all air conditioning pipes to prevent ingress of dirt and moisture into the system.

6. Loosen 2 Allen screws clamping receiver drier bracket.
7. Position pipes aside and remove receiver drier.

Refit

1. Clean A/C pipe connections.
2. Lubricate new ’O’ ring seals with clean refrigerant oil and fit to air conditioning pipes.
3. Remove caps from new receiver drier and fit to old unit.
4. Fit receiver drier to bracket and secure bracket clamp screws.
5. Engage A/C pipes to receiver drier and tighten retaining bolts to 5 Nm.
6. Lubricate new trinary switch ’O’ ring with clean refrigerant oil and fit ’O’ ring to trinary switch.
7. Fit trinary switch and tighten to 10 Nm.
8. Connect multiplug.
9. Recharge A/C system. See Adjustments.