A Guide On How To Remove Air Con Condenser (Pictures Included)

Jaf_ep91

Jaf_ep91

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Hope This Helps Guys, Not Got Names Of Every Item but Pictures Show What I Mean,

You Will Need: A Flat blade Screw Driver, Star Head Screwdriver, 10mm Deep Socket, Ratchet With Extension And Of Course A Tin Of Monster :beer:

I Did This And It Took Me No Longer Than Half An Hour, I Went Back To Do It Again To Get Pictures For You Guys And IT Only Took Me About 20 Minutes.

Step 1

Remove Glove Box, 4 Bolts Drops The Box Out, 2 On The Inside When You Open It, And 2 Just Under The Box Shown In Pictures, Once Bolts Are Out A Bit Of Gentle Persuation And The Box Will Come Out, Remember To Dis-Connect Speaker!
2BoltsTopOfGloveBox.jpg

1BoltUndersideOfBox.jpg

1BoltUndersideOfBox1.jpg


Step 2

Remove Ecu, Unplug 3 Wiring Connectors, and Remove 1 Bolt and 1 Nut Shown In Picture
ECUWiringPlugs.jpg

ECUBolts.jpg


Step 3

Remove Sensor That Is Mounted Into the Front of the Condenser Box, 2 Screws Shown In the Picture
SensorBolts.jpg


Step 4

Remove Black Box Mounted Just Under The Condenser Box, Simply Slides Off The Bracket It Is Fixed To. Wiring For Box Runs Across The Top Of The Condenser Box; Unclip It From Box And Pull To Side.
BlackBox.jpg


Step 5

Remove 2 Nuts On Underside Of The Condenser That Mount It To The Body Of The Car, Remove The 2 Screws That Fix The Condenser To The Heater Blower Motor And Matrix, Shown In Picture.
2NutsUnderside.jpg

2ScrewsTop.jpg


Step 6

Split Condenser Box by Removing Clip in the Centre Shown In Picture. Slide the Condenser Box As Far Forward As You Can Get It. (Towards the Rear of the Car)
CentreClip.jpg


Step 7

With A Bit Of Persuasion You Can Drop The Box Slightly Down And You Can Get The Condenser Out. Shown In Picture. This Can Be Quite Awkward but Can Be done. Once It Is Out There Is 1 Last Wiring Plug To Be Dis-Connected.
Condenser.jpg


Step 8

Replace Condenser Box Back into the Space, Better to Put the Top Half of Box in First and Then Locate The bottom Half In. The Wiring Plug Removed From The Condenser Its Self Sits Neatly Out The Way.

Step 9

Replace ECU and Wiring Plugs.
BuiltBackTogether.jpg


Step 10

Replace Glove Box Remembering To Connect Speaker Back Up!

Condenser Removed:
RemovedCondenser.jpg


Hope This Helps Guys, It Doesn't Save All That Much Weight But If Your Going Extreme With Weight Saving Every Little Helps! :haha:
 
Jay

Jay

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Awesome posts belong in the Awesome section - Thread copied across for future reference and rep added.

Great work dude,

Jay
 
Rory

Rory

Lifer
Nice one, shame though i took the black box out aswell, and used a normal lighter cowling in its place :)
 
Jaf_ep91

Jaf_ep91

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could have been an extra idea rory but i just left that in place for the sake of my heaters etc. thanks for the advice :)
 
Jaf_ep91

Jaf_ep91

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not totally sure im guessing as rory has an ep82 and gave his input to what else i could have done then yes it is haha sorry i cant be more exact
 
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Vincent-ep91

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i`v done this today and noted a few things for ye lads.
1-it is easier if you remove the top and bottom hallf of the condenser completly. they slide out.
2- as you have removes the two pipes going into the bak of the condenser, it is to your advantage to fill the holes with padding to block them up. i used the insulator form the pipes, just doubled up.
3- you also need to plug the two holes in the grommet on the fire wall. easilly done with two nuts,bolts and four big washers.
 
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lordango

Fresh Recruit
nice post.

i know the thread is a bit old but i am looking for a guide on how to remove an AC component located in front of the car.

I thought that was the condenser and the component you showed on this thread is the evaporator.

Nice guide, very informative.
 
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