I’m always asked lots of questions. Where is my car air conditioning accumulator? I get this question all the time. The first questions is; what is an accumulator? The second question is where is it located on the vehicle?
An ac accumulator system uses a large metal can to absorb excess presure in the system. You can always tell an accumulator system because of the large can and that the system uses an orifice tube instead of an expansion valve. This is a completely different than a drier system. We’ll talk about a drier system tomorrow.
Accumulators are typically located close to the evaporator so look up against the firewall. The picture shown is a 1998 Chevy A/C Compressor System. You can easily spot the accumulator at the back with all the hoses going into it.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
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