Those pictures are actually pretty good!! I cleaned the one in my truck last week and it was almost completely plugged with dirt, dust, leaves, grass and a lizard corpse.

I had been putting off the cleaning for over a year. It only took 30 minutes from start to finish in the truck. I just used a pump up sprayer with soap and water. Sprayed it on, let it soak, scraped off the goop and then blasted the evap. coil with a high pressure garden hose. The A/C performance afterwards was dramatic to say the least. The air blows much harder than before and it smells better too.

I plan to do the 300 tomorrow. I have been waiting for a day off to do it. It is worth doing.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

LEt us know how it works out on the 300. I want to do the same thing but with out dis assembling the dash.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 Turbo Diesel, chipped, DPF/Converter Delete. Still needs EGR Delete, 232K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D

Snook,
How did the 300 turn out. If you have not done it yet maybe i'll drive down and see how it's done and lend a hand. If it is as simple as the truck maybe we could knock out both of ours at the same time. let me know....

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2006 Jetta TDI DSG 320k miles
1997 Ford F150 325k miles 4.2L V6 "Work Truck"
2008 Tundra 225k miles 5.7L
1982 240D.....sold
1984 300D...Totaled OUCH!
1985 300D Turbo 222k miles "Dos" sold to 79Mercy
1986 300SDL 98K miles "The Beater"....sold
1987 190E 2.3 16v Euro spec 115K miles....sold

I did not take any pics when I did this. I was pretty hot out and I just wanted to get it over with. It was not nearly as accessible as the truck. I could only really feel part of it. It was every bit as dirty as the truck and I went in the same way (through the blower fan hole). Basically you just remove the lower passenger kick panel, unplug and remove the fan and go to work.

I just used a mild solution of soap and water with my pump up sprayer, along with an old toothbrush. I dragged the big stuff down to the bottom of the coil and then wiped it out. Then I just blasted the thing with a hose. It worked very good and some of that old musty car smell is gone. Took about 1 hour from start to finish. It blows much harder than before.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

I did mine last weekend. I got some pics to post once I download them off the camera. It was dirty looking like a light grey felt. I purchased cleaner from Home Depot installed a spray tube on the can and went to town. then rinsed with the water hose watching all drain out the drain tubes under the car. It sure made it look better now clearly visable silver cooling fins. My results although looking alot better it was not a big if any difference in flow or temp.

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2006 Jetta TDI DSG 320k miles
1997 Ford F150 325k miles 4.2L V6 "Work Truck"
2008 Tundra 225k miles 5.7L
1982 240D.....sold
1984 300D...Totaled OUCH!
1985 300D Turbo 222k miles "Dos" sold to 79Mercy
1986 300SDL 98K miles "The Beater"....sold
1987 190E 2.3 16v Euro spec 115K miles....sold