'01 Chevy S10 A/C Evaporator Core Replacement

Just a quick overview of the process in changing out the A/C evaporator core on a 2001 Chevy S10.
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[@jerryhuff86]

Ah, you so fancy with that swivel. Not everybody got those 😂

[@JRS-iq9pz]

I wish the newer cars and trucks were like that. Now you have to pull the dash to get them out. That's about $2000 or more now.

[@electric_thumbs]

That is so true. Somebody needs to make car makers go back to building them like that where there's a housing under the engine bay that you can get to and pull evaporator out of. Would make it so much easier

[@jerryhuff86]

I know crazy $_$_

[@wolfgangmetcalf9557]

I have a 96 Chevy s10 that does not have stock ac. I’m thinking about attempting to install an ac system from parts out of a wrecking yard. Wish me luck.

[@jerryhuff86]

This is coming up for me. I'll let you show me. Lol

[@photondebuger45]

I was trying to get the other side off there not the one that you removed, the one that was still on the truck why cant it come out? Its like seriously a few bolts and the the ones around the evep core and those two studs one and it refuses to come out. It should just come out right??

[@superwhuffo1]

Can replacing the evaporator core cause the heater to stop working?

[@smokeyray5017]

I didn't see an expansion valve. Is it just an orifice tube?

[@TechnicianRed]

Yes any system that uses a suction accumulator like this one also uses an orifice tube.

[@smokeyray5017]

@@TechnicianRed Thanks for the info. I'm working on an 01 Jimmy. I didn't see any expansion valve other than the orifice tube.

[@Gilbrod78]

What is the average cost of this in today's day in age, at a local garage? I know what a dealer would charge.

[@electric_thumbs]

Does anybody know why that chicken wire mesh is installed on these evaporators? Is it okay that I left mine off when I put the new evaporator in?

[@electric_thumbs]

Well@@SteverRob I guess I can just vacuum it off periodically. All I have to do is remove the blower motor resistor. But as luck would have it The side that the mesh was on was the side the air blows out of the evaporator coils. It flows into the evaporator from the other side through the evaporator and then the mesh followed by into the cabin vents. Maybe people filter I guess so we don't sneeze from the dust?

[@electric_thumbs]

Oh and I just thought of a way to change the fact that it doesn't have a cabin filter. The return vent is on top of the dashboard by the windshield and really isn't that hard to take out. I could always cut a filter to that shape and put it in there so that it will always filter out dirt and contaminants so they don't go back to the vent system or the evaporator. That's the vent where most often the air enters the duct system to go through the evaporator in the first place. I don't typically use the external one on the other side of the windshield. Definitely not in the heart of hot summer. Everything's recirculate recirculate recirculate.

[@TechnicianRed]

The mesh I believe is to reduce moisture droplets from blowing into the HVAC housing from the wet evaporator core. The water droplets will hit the mesh and get caught. Then the water falls down into the condensate drain pan.

[@electric_thumbs]

@@TechnicianRed a condensate pan which my truck does not have but there is a hole I think in the bottom of the evaporator housing located in the rear of the engine bay along the firewall and it lets the moisture out to the bottom. So I guess that mesh helps absorb some of that otherwise it would corrode the evaporator?

[@TechnicianRed]

@@electric_thumbs the condensate "pan" is simply the bottom portion of the plastic HVAC housing. The water won't corrode the evaporator core. The mesh will just keep any water droplets from passing through that might be blown off of the evaporator core. I could be wrong however. This was the only reason I could think of for the mesh. 99% of vehicles don't have any mesh.

[@corderoblake150]

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