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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Raeturbo on 16 August 2020, 23:56:47

Title: Air con
Post by: Raeturbo on 16 August 2020, 23:56:47
Anybody have a diagram of the air con pipes on the 3.2 v6 I need to change the low pressure pipe😟 anybody done it?
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: biggriffin on 17 August 2020, 09:28:54
Minds blank,, if that's the one under battery tray, then it's badtid think abs pump,Pas resovoir, need moving out way..
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Andy B on 17 August 2020, 10:05:56
why doe the pipe need replacing? Contrary to what some air-con 'experts' think, the valve is a separate part
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 17 August 2020, 10:50:10
Both of the above.

Might also need the fans and radiator, headlight and bumper off to have enough clearance to get it out, let alone back in again :-\
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Raeturbo on 17 August 2020, 11:34:52
Ahh that ones already been done and I’ve changed both the Hp and Lp valves too,  but it Won’t stop leaking out of the lp valve and I’ve tried a couple of them and put a tap down to clean the thread. The pipes are joined on the compressor and the other end seems to disappear into the bulkhead I’m wondering whether the dash has to come out to get at the evaporator to remove them😟
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 17 August 2020, 12:29:05
The bulk head connection can be spilt on the engine side :y
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Nick W on 17 August 2020, 12:39:48
Quote from: Raeturbo on 17 August 2020, 11:34:52
Ahh that ones already been done and I’ve changed both the Hp and Lp valves too,  but it Won’t stop leaking out of the lp valve and I’ve tried a couple of them and put a tap down to clean the thread. The pipes are joined on the compressor and the other end seems to disappear into the bulkhead I’m wondering whether the dash has to come out to get at the evaporator to remove them😟


Have you considered finding someone to splice in a new section without removing the whole piece?
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Raeturbo on 17 August 2020, 13:00:03
No but I will take it to a local hydraulic place to find out. Thanks👍
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Raeturbo on 17 August 2020, 13:00:32
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 17 August 2020, 12:29:05
The bulk head connection can be spilt on the engine side :y
                 Where by Doc?
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 17 August 2020, 13:16:41
On the bulkhead behind the engine...

You've the car there, follow the pipe :y

It might be partly obscured by the wiper mechanism.

Title: Re: Air con
Post by: biggriffin on 17 August 2020, 13:19:44
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 17 August 2020, 12:29:05
The bulk head connection can be spilt on the engine side :y


 There's a circlip we're they join, the pipe has a piece that rotates, behind that, think there's a plastic washer covering the circlip.
Title: Re: Air con
Post by: Raeturbo on 17 August 2020, 17:37:48
Great 8) thanks boys I’m so glad it’s not going to be as hard as the last fkg one under the battery! Jesus that wasn’t cricket  :-\