Desiccant Removal and Installation

Removal

1)Recover refrigerant from A/C system referring to “Recovery” in Operation Procedure for Refrigerant Charge:Manual Type.

2)Remove front bumper.

3)For HFC-134a model, remove condenser assembly.

4)For HFO-1234yf model, remove front bumper lower absorber (1).

5)Remove cap (1), and then remove O-rings (2) and desiccant (3) from receiver/dryer (4).

[A]:

HFC-134a model

[B]:

HFO-1234yf model

Installation

Reverse removal procedure noting the following points.

•Do not take new desiccant out from plastic bag until just before inserting it into receiver/dryer.
•Apply specified compressor oil to O-rings.

Petrol model (HFC-134a): Compressor oil 99000–99095–00A (MITSUBISHI S10X)
Petrol model (HFO-1234yf): Compressor oil 99000–990B7–00A (Compressor oil (ND-OIL12))
Diesel model: Compressor oil 99000–990B7–00A (Compressor oil (ND-OIL12))

•Install new desiccant, new O-rings and new cap.
•Tighten cap (1) to specified torque.

Tightening torque

Cap (a): 18 N·m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.5 lbf-ft)

[A]:

HFC-134a model

[B]:

HFO-1234yf model

•Evacuate and charge A/C system referring to “Evacuation” and “Charge” in Operation Procedure for Refrigerant Charge:Manual Type.