Air Conditioning
air conditioning repairs for all vehicles
The air conditioning unit in your vehicle operates similarly to a refrigerator. Your vehicle’s air conditioning unit is designed to move heat from the inside of your car to outside of it.
six major components
Refrigerant
The refrigerant carries heat. In modern cars, refrigerant is a substance called R-134a. Older cars’ refrigerant is called r-12 freon, which is more expensive and difficult to find than R-134a.
Compressor
The compressor circulates and compresses refrigerant within the vehicle’s cooling system.
condenser
Your vehicle’s condenser changes the refrigerant from gas to liquid and expels heat from the car.
expansion valve
The expansion valve (sometimes called the orifice tube) is a nozzle that simultaneously drops the pressure of the refrigerant liquid, meter its flow and atomize it.
evaporator
Your vehicle’s evaporator transfers heat to the refrigerant from the air blown across it, cooling your car.
receiver
The receiver or dryer filters your vehicle’s refrigerant and oil, removing moisture and other contaminants from them.
If any of these components is damaged, it can turn your cool car into a furnace
during the summer months. Your vehicle’s air conditioning issue could be as simple as topping off refrigerant to replacing a valve. When your air conditioning unit is not working as it should, bring your vehicle to Eurotechnik. One of our trained air conditioning specialists will inspect your car’s air conditioner, all lines, the evaporator and the compressor for leaks and wear.
