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Old 04-20-2004, 06:27 PM
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Originally posted by yosshimura
On the 1996, having the same power plant as the 95 E, do they have the same A/C issue / evaporator / having to remove entire dash problem?
My opinion based on what I've read / heard / researched is that evap failures on late W124's is rare. The evaporators themselves are not expensive, buy John (blackmercedes) has correctly pointed out that the Mercedes engineers designed W124's via CAD software with the whole car built around the a/c evaporator.

I don't know if W210's use the same evaporator or not, but I don't think I've ever heard or read of one needing replacement. I think it is an interesting thing to research, though, if the evaporators are accessible on W210's should it ever need replacement.

It is curious though, that W126's have never suffered from evap failures. They are also very readily accessible, too, unlike W124's and W140's...
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