05 innova, clean or not to clean evaporator

[pskipper]

Good Day, dapat ko ba pa-cleaning ang evaporator ng aircon? Five years na rin kasi ang oto, di pa naservice and aircon. Ok pa rin naman ang aircon, malamig pa rin. Parang humina lang ng kaunti ang buga ng fan, inisip ko na madumi na siguro ang evaporator.

Ilang aircon shops na napagtanungan ko at lahat sabi, babaklasin ang buong dashboard. Dito na ako natatakot, baka mapasama pa pag ginawa...

Mga ka-tsikot at naka-innova, any experience regarding this, baka may maipapayo kayo. Marikina area po ako.

Tia

[sm2by]

No, dont do it!

My mom's 04 Altis had it's evaporator cleaned because the blower isn't as strong as before... 1 year later the evaporator started leaking coolant... had to have it replaced costing 17k.... the dealer estimate was 19k...

The best thing you could do is wait for the Toyota Summer Promo for the Aircon units of Toyota Vehicles, if you really want to have your aircon serviced...

[meledson]

Good Day, dapat ko ba pa-cleaning ang evaporator ng aircon? Five years na rin kasi ang oto, di pa naservice and aircon. Ok pa rin naman ang aircon, malamig pa rin. Parang humina lang ng kaunti ang buga ng fan, inisip ko na madumi na siguro ang evaporator.

Ilang aircon shops na napagtanungan ko at lahat sabi, babaklasin ang buong dashboard. Dito na ako natatakot, baka mapasama pa pag ginawa...

Mga ka-tsikot at naka-innova, any experience regarding this, baka may maipapayo kayo. Marikina area po ako.

Tia

Recommended na at least once a year ma linis ang evaporator. part ito ng preventive maintenance.

[paulgozon]

Since your innova is an 2005 model, most of these models do not have an air filter build-in, but to be sure, remove you glove compartment cover, and look on a rectangular shape cover (around 1-1/2 inches by 9 inches) on top of this probe using a long thin object to find out if there is indeed a filter (aircon not turn-on). If equip with a filter, then clean or replace this one.

If there no filter, then removal of the evaporator is a must to unclog it (requires the removal of the dashboard). Most of the leaking will occur on an evaporator due to aluminum corrosion by the trapped dirt). So to prevent a more expensive repair, then cleaning is a must.