I wonder why auto manufacturers design things in such a way that even for a simple replacement of an evaporator one needs to strip the entire dash.
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The AC on my Etios (8 years and just 62,000km) had been acting funny for around two months now. Cooling would deplete gradually till a point it would be useless. Then I got gas recharged and it worked perfectly for around three weeks and then the chill effect went down again. We checked all the exposed lines but found no leakage. So, we were pretty certain that it was the evaporator that had a leak. ASS quoted around 18k and FNG quoted around 10k. I went to Kashmere Gate (an auto wholesale market in Delhi) yesterday and got the original Toyota evaporator. Today I got it replaced and got the gas recharged. It took almost half of the day but the process was interesting. I wonder why auto manufacturers design things in such a way that even for a simple replacement of an evaporator one needs to strip the entire dash. I remember I got AC evaporator installed long ago in my Qualis and it took just around 30 minutes (and never gave any problem all its life and 1.6 Lakh kms). Photos attached.
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