Octavia Mk1
| Safety measures when working on vehicles with air conditioning and when using refrigerant R 134a |
| The assemblies and the line system of the air conditioning system are filled with refrigerant R 134a. |
| Safety measures must be observed for refrigerant R 134a (additional directives may apply in individual countries): |
| Refrigerant must not be released into the environment, it must be drained off from the refrigerant circuit using an exhaust system or service position. The drained off refrigerant is processed on site or is returned to the manufacturer for ecological disposal (different or additional directives may apply in certain countries). |
| If during repairs on the vehicle it is necessary to drain the refrigerant circuit, these tasks must be carried out in a specialist service centre which has suitably trained personnel and is fitted out for working on the refrigerant circuit! |
| Reasons: |
| Only the service centres have suitable service positions and properly trained personnel where the refrigerant can be drained off professionally. |
| The Commission Regulation (EC) No 307/2008 of 2.4.2008, stipulates the qualification requirements of the employees who carry out the recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases from air conditioning systems for vehicles. |
| Only employees with a training certificate, as mentioned in the Article 3 of the given regulation (as of the dates in the regulation), are recognised as skilled workers who can pursue the activities mentioned in the preceding paragraph. |
| Alternative or additional regulations may be valid in certain countries. |
Note| All the safety measures when working on vehicles with air conditioning system, when using the refrigerant as well as to the below-mentioned chapters can be found in the Workshop Manual “Air conditioning system with refrigerant R134a” → Air conditioning system with refrigerant R134a; Rep. Gr.00 technical data. |
| t | General notes on the air conditioning system |
| t | General instructions for refrigerant circuit |
| t | Legal texts and legal regulations |
| t | Refrigerant circuit |
| t | Working with the service position of the air conditioning systems |
| t | Detecting leaks in the refrigerant circuit |
| t | Removing contaminants from the refrigerant circuit |
| t | Complaints |
| t | Check the pressure in the refrigerant circuit (with the service position of the air conditioning systems) |
| t | Replacing components of the refrigerant circuit |
