Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Identification

Safety precautions for working on vehicles with auxiliary/supplementary heater

Danger of fire and explosion from auxiliary/supplementary heater In fire and explosion-endangered areas a spark or the high temperature of the auxiliary/supplementary heater ca ...

Identification of Valeo heater and air conditioning unit

  Note Pay attention to correct assignment when replacing components. The combination of different makes of component is not permitted →  ...

Other materials:

Assembly overview - air duct and air distribution in passenger compartment
  Note The illustration shows a left-hand drive vehicle.     1 -  Air duct for defroster vent Removing and installing → Chapter. 2 -  Air duct f ...

Renewing components
All components of the refrigerant circuit submitted for quality monitoring must always be sealed (use the original sealing caps from the genuine part). The genuine parts (air conditioner compressor, reservoir, receiver, evaporator ...

Evaporator
The liquid refrigerant evaporates in the tubes of the evaporator. The latent heat of evaporation is taken from the air streaming past the evaporator fins. The air cools. The refrigerant evaporates and is drawn into the air conditioning system compressor ...