[s-cars] A/C strength, 93 S4

[Matthew Russell]

Vincent - you wouldn't happen to have p/n's  would you?  Or should i 
just tell them to look at the "high pressure port of the evaporator" 
area in ETKA and order this valve and seals?

I wish i new more about automotive AC diagnosis....

TIA, Matt in CO
-92 s4, with luke-warm ac


On Monday, July 24, 2006, at 08:00  AM, Vincent wrote:
>
>
> Second, test or have tested the high pressure. On old A/C system, the
> evaporator nozzle (doesn't rememeber the exact name) tend to be 
> clogged by
> contaminated oil when the system has a leak. This slow down the 
> evaporation
> process so the efficiency of the A/C system. The part is 20 box from 
> the
> dealer and changing it takes 5 min. when the system has been 
> discharged.
> It's located at the high pressure port of the evaporator. Just unbolt 
> the
> hose, pull the nozzle, put a new one, change the seal while you're at 
> it (a
> few cents more) and bolt the hose back. If the nozzle is dirty, 
> changing the
> dryer and flushing the oil from the compressor while the system is
> discharged isn't a bad idea either. Note, that if this nozzle is 
> clogged,
> the compressor is probably going south but you can get 2-3 years more 
> out of
> it.
>
> If none of these tricks work, the solution can make your wallet a bit
> thinner.
>
>
>
>
>
> Vincent.