Where is the air conditioner condenser located
How To Replace a Leaking AC Condenser
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It's time for the Scotty Kilmer Channel
if your car's air condition is leaking refrigerant and it's the condenser
that's leaking, then stay tuned because today I'm going to show you how to
replace a leaking air-conditioning condenser on your car, now this Toyota
kept leaking refrigerant so I put some ultraviolet dye in and when I looked
inside, I saw a green dye on the inside of the condenser, so I knew what was
leaking, when I pull off the front grill here, you can see it's all wet here because
the air conditioning condenser is cracked and it's leaking here, so we'll unbolt this
crossmember on the top, and lucky for us it just comes right off, so we can get to
the condenser, now lucky for us here we just have to unbolt the lines, if it had
refrigerant in it, we'd have to use a recycling machine to use the refrigerant
over again, but this all leaked out so there's nothing inside, we can just take
the lines off, then once you unbolt it, the line just comes off, then you do the same on
the bottom line and to keep air from getting in, get a little paper towel and stick
it inside the line, so air doesn't get in the AC system while you're working, then
then the condenser just slide right out, you got a wiggle it a little but it will come out, now
before you put the new condenser on, put about an ounce and a half of PEG oil in
it, because the old condenser had some oil in and you don't want to run the system
low, just pour it right in the hole, then you get the new one and slide it in, then
get a little AC oil and put it on the o-ring that's on the outside here, so it
seals better then slide it on and bolt it in place, just stick the bolt back in and
get it nice and snug, you tighten it up until the surfaces are flush and be sure
to put the bottom on tight too, now it's a good idea to change the
receiver drier too when you do this, but on this Toyota, the dryer is built into the
condenser, so it's all one piece and you changing them both at once,
then you hook a vacuum pump up using AC gauges and it sucks all the air out of
the system, that removes all the air out of the
system and all the impurities and do that for about half an hour or 45
minutes to make sure everything's gone, then you fill it up with refrigerant and
I have a whole video on how to do that correctly on YouTube, called how to fill
your car's air conditioner with refrigerant, in this case it takes point
7 kilograms of refrigerant, so you just watch the scale until it says point 7,
then when it's all full with refrigerant you can turn it on and enjoy the nice
cold air, and remember if you have any car questions just visit the Scotty
Kilmer channel.
