Andy,Good Evening,
You were right first time, Denso, as per your post in my linked thread. Thank you for the Denso part number in that post that allowed me to search with confidence but sadly nothing about anywhere.
Andy
If so, it seems to be in stock here.Andy,
Do you think that the Denso part, : DFD02013, if it was available, would be correct?
Mac.
Good Evening Evros,
Many thanks for posting this detailed reply it must have taken some time with many interesting points which I will take to heart.
I know very little about A/C but will read the A/C SSP and watch the Denso video but probably my ignorance which is why I am puzzled by the term 'evaporator' you use often. At first I thought this would be just another term for condenser but with phrases like 'When the condenser has been out, undo the joint on the line going towards the evap.' it is clearly different. Compressor?
Andy
Andy,
Do you think that the Denso part, : DFD02013, if it was available, would be correct?
Mac.
Good Afternoon Mac,Andy,
Do you think that the Denso part, : DFD02013, if it was available, would be correct?
Mac.
The link crashes??? - AndyIf so, it seems to be in stock here.
Mac.
Good Afternoon Evros,Hi Andy,
I still owe this thread a couple of pictures, but I was chasing a P0130 on a different car. Again, error with out a CEL, hardest to track down. Did not succeed mind you. Car is running fine. The A2 still misfires but I managed to get it through the MOT....don't ask!
The evaporator is the "radiator" inside the dash. Where the freon lines disappear behind the firewall. It is where liquid loses heat and becomes a gas again before it gets compressed and so on and so forth.
You will notice that one of the lines going into the dash, has a joint that unbolts. When you undo that there is a small mesh filter-like tube. That is the orifice tube or "metering device". If you or the garage find out that it is clogged up, then sit back, take a deep breath and start collecting all the parts.
Evros
Mac.The link crashes??? - Andy
This link works and they do offer the Denso DFD02013. I thought it best to ring them and hopefully if helpful to get someone to eyeball the part to confirm fitment, but no telephone number, hate these places. Dug a little deeper
Good Afternoon,Good Afternoon Mac,
Thanks, another to follow up.
I have tomorrow earmarked a trip to APD which you passed on via PM last Thursday. I will report back.
Andy
Did you contact https://www.tetrosylexpress.com/pro...arts-thermal-dryer-receiver-dfd02013/DFD02013Good Afternoon,
I owe this thread a few posts, I will get on with it.
First an update on my trip to APD mentioned in the quote above but it is largely negative.
I called in at my local APD branch and parked up unbeknown to me in the staff car park, lots of little vans decked out in their APD smart livery, impressed. Walked in and found myself on the wrong side of the parts desk, nobody seems to mind, moved to the customer side and set about my enquiry only to find I have left my sheet with all the codes on it, they must have thought I was a right idiot but did call me young man often. My patient and helpful handler chap managed to retrieve all the brands and part codes etc based on reg and found they could supply a Mahle dryer. No good, Mahle is on the incompatible dryer list so I left but thinking about it I never asked if they could order it up to branch without me paying so I could inspect first, I might go back. Left by the customer door onto a large empty customer car park, at least I know where to go next visit.
As it stands two brands NRF and Nissens are abundantly available everywhere so useful to know Mahle is obtainable but a struggle to find.
I did order a Denso off ebay, correct type by ad picture, only to be sent a Nissens which was wrong, sent it back.
Back later.
Andy
Thanks Evros. I won't be removing the dash and evap unless I open the system and find the black death.Hi,
By the time you have bought the purge bottle, solvents, and all the rest of it; it is better to take out the dash and replace the evaporator.
The condenser also, and I don't think you can flush it adequately as the passages are too small. On this car the mounts are just too brittle.
If you can find someone to offer these as a service then OK.
The lines you can clean, acetone or something that can evaporate, you can use a piece of string and pieces of toilet paper.
All in all, if you do all the steps, there is very little that can fail. If you can find someone that can do it right then pay them, and write the added cost to the warranty that they might offer.
Evros