Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Clearing refrigerant circuit of contaminants
- Blowing through refrigerant circuit with compressed air and nitrogen
- Purging (cleaning) refrigerant circuit with refrigerant R134a
Detecting leaks in refrigerant circuit using leak detecting system -VAS
6196- or leak detecting system -VAS 6201- or a later model
Note
Small leaks can be detected with, for example, an UV leak
detector additive.
–
Evacuate refrigerant circuit using a ...
Blowing through refrigerant circuit with compressed air and nitrogen
Use compressed air to force moisture and other contaminants
out of the refrigerant circuit and use nitrogen to force
moisture out of the refrigerant circuit.
...
Other materials:
Aquaplus system (pearlescent and heliochrome)
Designation:
Pearlescent waterborne base coat -LPW 040 ...-
Heliochrome waterborne base coat -LHW 046 ...-
Pearlescent waterborne mixing paint -LWM 076 ...-
Issued 11.2 ...
Nuts and bolts
Loosen and tighten bolts and securing nuts for covers and
housings diagonally.
Avoid canting particularly sensitive parts such as comtrol
motor with control unit. Loosen and tighten them diagonally in
stages.
...
Condenser
The condenser transfers heat from the compressed refrigerant
gas to the surrounding air.
This allows the refrigerant gas to condense into liquid
form.
...
