CITROEN C5 2000 - Page 251

C5HP16EC
SPECIAL FEATURES : AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (R 134.a)
Condenser with integral reservoir (continued)
Removing the reservoir (6) from the base (8).
WARNING : This operation requires the greatest care, the base (8) should be kept clean prior to fitting
the new reservoir.
- Remove the reservoir (6) and the protection skirt (7), avoiding WITHOUT F
AIL any contact or collision
with other items under the bonnet (Risk of impurities entering the base (8)).
- Check before refitting the reservoir (6) that the base (8) is clean.
(If it is not, clean in and around the base (8) with a paper cloth.)
Preparing the new dryer reservoir
- Remove the black plastic protection cap from the reservoir neck (6), leaving in place the green protec-
tion at the other end, in order to keep the new reservoir (6) sealed when mounting it in the base (8) of
the condenser.
- Use the grease sachet in the replacement kit, to lubricate the threads of the reservoir.
- Use the oil sachet in the replacement kit, to lubricate the two O-ring seals of the reservoir (6).
- Position the reservoir (6), with its new protection skirt (7) from the replacement kit, and engage the
threads of the reservoir (6) in the base (8).
- Check that the downward edge of the skirt (7), covers the base (8) all around it.
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