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Evaporator

Evaporator


The evaporator is located in the climate control unit. The incoming refrigerant expands and boils (evaporates) in the evaporator and thus takes up heat from the ambient air. When heat is taken up, water condenses on the outside of the evaporator. This condensate is drained to the engine bay via a hose.

An antifrost thermostat on the evaporator prevents freezing and ice building on the evaporator. There is a sensor lying against the evaporator low pressure pipe. When the temperature drops below +2 ° C the voltage to the compressor is broken. When the temperature exceeds +5 ° C the thermostat closes again and the compressor is engaged.

The design of the evaporator depends on whether the car is equipped with a four-cylinder or V6 engine and whether it is left-hand drive or right-hand drive.


1. LHD 4-cyl. The expansion valve is situated in the engine bay. The evaporator pipes must be cut off when the evaporator is taken out of the climate control unit.


2. LHD V6 The expansion valve is situated in the climate control unit.


3. RHD The expansion valve is situated in the engine bay.

4. As a spare for LHD cars we supply the evaporator in a V6 design with a block so that the pipes can be joined to the lead-through in the bulkhead partition.


5. In cars with RHD the spare evaporator is supplied with the same block in RHD design.