Evaporator Core: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove the heater/evaporator core housing.







3. Remove the blower motor housing.







4. Separate the heater/evaporator housing.
1 Remove the bolts.
2 Remove the rubber seal.
3 Remove the nut and the cover.
^ Unclip the vacuum hose.
^ Disconnect the housing parts.







5. Remove the evaporator.

INSTALLATION
1. To install, reverse the removal procedure.

NOTE:
^ Install new O-rings and coat them with refrigerant oil.
^ When installing a new evaporator, install the gaskets as they were on the old evaporator.
^ When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 miles) or more to relearn the strategy.