How to remove Porsche 911 996 Dash and Evaporator Core

Removed the dash on this 2005 996 to replace a leaking evaporator core. Let me know if it helps you out!

[@et9300]

It's a big job to get to the Evaporator! Great useful video.

[@ripsgarage]

Nice thank you, it's definitely a big job, but once you tackle it I think you can do most evaporators and dashes out there!!

[@jaimemunoz1059]

The Best tutorial for evaporator remplacement!

[@ripsgarage]

Thank you I appreciate it!

[@MegaAngel307]

WTF. He made it look easy anyone else would take a year.

[@ripsgarage]

Ha ha! Thank you man!

[@roots4x]

I like how you unscrewed the philips screw with a prybar. Get 'er done. Seriously though you should show a clip of evacuating the freon. People might miss that crucial step.

[@ripsgarage]

ha ha, yah sometimes I go back to my roots and use what I have in front of me! Thanks! Yah, next vid for sure I'm gonna show the evacuation and fill process!!

[@warrenlucier5796]

That's a bit of a chore to get the evaporator core out and back in, but looks like they designed an access for the heater core without a dash removal. I used to get a lot of the K car minivans and the flat rate was 8 hours, but I could do them properly in a bit over 4 hours. The shop I worked at got other shops to line me up with their K car minivan's too. I'd tell them they should replace the heater core at the same time for an additional 3 hours labor + parts, so it wouldn't be another 8 hours + an AC recharge.

[@ripsgarage]

That's awesome man! You know I see quite a few manufacturers make the heater core accessible and the evaporate almost never is. But seems todays parts are just as not good quality as I see just as many evaporator failure nowadays!

[@kerosenefilms]

Great video. Thank you. What was the total time to get it out and put it all back together?

[@ripsgarage]

Looks worse than it is, this was my 4th evap core replacement on 996/997's. It was just about 10 hours in and out.

[@maxaeonmusic]

@@ripsgarage thanks for the reply. Yes, it looks like a nightmare, lol. I was looking at purchasing a 986 with a bad evap core and the quote to fix was almost as much as the asking price on the car.

[@ballpaulmo4198]

Great job, wonderful 👍👍

[@ripsgarage]

Thank you!

[@jonwillmott4767]

Great vid, thanks

[@ripsgarage]

Your welcome!!

[@Chris.Davies]

Yet you show a 997 in the thumbnail.

[@ripsgarage]

Man, you are good.! When I made the vid, I quickly put it together and searched for an image for the thumb, and didn't even think about it until now. I had a pic of the actual car, but it wasn't great. I'm gonna have to change that, man your sharp!!

[@davidcooper3871]

What a nasty job. I think the evaporator is gone in my 02 turbo.