Replacing air-cond compressor - Chevrolet Aveo

Problem: This car air-cond is found less cold though changed its drier and conduct a normal service 2 days ago.

Solution: Air-cond compressor has been replaced after chemical flushing is done to ensure the system cleanliness. 

This Chevrolet Aveo was on its second visit and decided to replace the faulty part - air-cond compressor

This old air-cond compressor - Chevrolet Aveo was found leaked

Just dismantled the old air-cond compressor from this Chevrolet Aveo

New unit of air-cond compressor - Chevrolet Aveo

Doing air-cond service on a Toyota Corolla SEG AE101 car vehicle

This the car

A new cooling coil is going to replace the old ones

The drawer needs to be removed to dismantle the cooling coil

The aircond internal parts has been cleaned and installed back onto the car

A rear view on the car vehicle

Replacing an air-cond compressor on Proton Saga BLM

How to place a cabin filter into a Honda City

How to place a cabin filter into a Honda City

This is the cabin filter for Honda City

Find the cabin filter slot behind the drawer at the front passenger side

Cut away the cover of the cabin filter slot

Placing an air conditioner cabin air filter into Honda City

Air-cond Service on Toyota Celica

Air-cond Service on Toyota Celica

- Replacing  air-cond condenser, cooling coil, valve, cabin filter and receiver drier -

Hard-find compressor on a Mitsubishi FTO

It's not an easy job to change the air-cond parts which hide deeply inside the complex engine system.

It's a challenge once you can't find the exactly same air-cond compressor. Some modifications are required to be conducted on the air-cond hoses and brackets.

This customer has visited us for 3 times, spending the whole day with us. Appreciate for his understanding and consideration.

This is the last day we met him. Doing a simple service - cleaning his cabin filter.

Operation done on a Denso car air-cond compressor

Car air cond compressor 

As the heart of the car air cond system, a compressor is a belt driven pump that is fastened to the engine.It has an intake side and a discharge side for compressing and transferring refrigerant gas. It plays a very important role in the system. For better understanding on the compressor, now we have conducted a "big" operation on a Denso.

Just to share few photos on its internal piston structure here...

The particulars of the compressor are labeled clearly on its external cover

All the internal small & tiny parts of the compressor

How the "container" looks like

The internal major part of the compressor

Another clear shot on all its internal parts

That's how the piston structure shows

Leakage detect on car air-cond cooling coil

Easy way to detect the leakage from a car air-cond cooling coil 

1. Wash the cooling coil with soap powder & brush

2. Using soap powder & sponge to wash the cooling coil

3. Spray away the soap liquid from the coil with water until it's clean

4. Place the coil into the water to detect where the leakage is

5. A leakage was found by looking at the bubbling in the water

There are few ways to solve such problem, but the ultimate way is 

to replace a new one if you've used it for long ages.

Quacking out the compressor part

Spent almost half day to remove the small part..

Quite funny looking at its new hairstyle

Continue to QUACK 

Can this customer just change a new air-cond compressor?
The answer is: YES. It's just a matter of money & time.