Mercedes Service Video - Lots of Steps
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Mercedes Service Video - Lots of Steps
The replacement of the evaporator core in this Mercedes is a good example of how NOT to design for serviceability. This car will probably never be the same again after all this. (Turn speakers way down.)
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thats why I laugh at that guy making videos of Camry where interior parts are easily taken out, thinking thats bad design, when in fact it was designed to easily be disassembled... Germans are notoriously hard to take apart, when I had alarm shop, many BMW's had marks around doors where someone previously didnt know how to take it apart without stratching.
People would be surprised how often dealers will take apart half of the car.... we did it so often for accessories installations like bluetooth or parking sensors.... literally half of the interior goes out for official parking sensors.
People would be surprised how often dealers will take apart half of the car.... we did it so often for accessories installations like bluetooth or parking sensors.... literally half of the interior goes out for official parking sensors.
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Here's a fellow CL member replacing it on a 2nd generation Lexus GS.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...iy-w-pics.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...iy-w-pics.html
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What an absolute fluster cluck of a job that was. I have to hand it to the tech, that takes incredible patience and skill to tackle a job like that.
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Fully agree that evaporator should never need replacing, but some manufacturers did not build enough fresh air flow and drainage that in turn allows mold and fungus to grow. This creates a bad smell, and also a health hazard that can only be remediated by replacing the core. Mostly a design defect, than a lack of maintenance.
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Evaporator core is part of the AC system, no? Nothing to do with cooling, which is where the radiator and the coolant comes into play.
Fully agree that evaporator should never need replacing, but some manufacturers did not build enough fresh air flow and drainage that in turn allows mold and fungus to grow. This creates a bad smell, and also a health hazard that can only be remediated by replacing the core. Mostly a design defect, than a lack of maintenance.
Fully agree that evaporator should never need replacing, but some manufacturers did not build enough fresh air flow and drainage that in turn allows mold and fungus to grow. This creates a bad smell, and also a health hazard that can only be remediated by replacing the core. Mostly a design defect, than a lack of maintenance.
LOL, I mixed up evaporator core with heater core.
In any case, it is basically the same procedure to replace either of the cores.
My parents actually own a W220 S-class, and that car does indeed suffer from the design fault you've described, its a very common problem on these cars for the AC to start smelling like cat ****. However spraying two cans of lyson into the air intake usually solves it for a few month to come.
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