Xantia AC expansion valve location

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Xantia AC expansion valve location

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Hi, can someone let me know where this valve can be found on the car please?

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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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Behind and below the LHM tank IIRC
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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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thank you
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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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Expansion valve? Is there another name for it? I cant think of any air con stuff except the connection to the evaporator inside the car in that area...
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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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TX valve?
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1998 XANTIA 19TD ESTATE
1987 BX19 GTI 8V
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2000 ZX12R from new
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Neil, you might want to check your avatar. There was an issue that happened when a server change occurred in that some avatars got lost (as well as ROFL2!).
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Hell Razor5543 wrote:Neil, you might want to check your avatar. There was an issue that happened when a server change occurred in that some avatars got lost (as well as ROFL2!).
Jim's got them, he just hasn't had the time to sort them out. Patience is a virtue :-D
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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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Expansion valve, TX valve, it's the rectangular block that contains the valve which regulates pressure in the evaporator onto which it's mounted.

A quick explanation of its function can be replicated by exhaling with a wide open mouth = warms air, now pucker your lips to a small hole and then exhale = cold air :-D
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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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I thought mine might have a problem, took it to kwikfit for a check up, the compressor was kicking just not at all cold. They told me it was leaking from somewhere, no signs anywhere, I took it to Brit tyres in Hull, no leaks found, did a full service on it including the a/c bomb inside the car.. £50, all operating normally now :)
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1986 CX25 GTI TURBO 1 SERIES 2 'CGAT'
1998 XANTIA 19TD ESTATE
1987 BX19 GTI 8V
2012 Citroen DS3
1997 600 Bandit
2000 ZX12R from new
1989 CX GTI Turbo 62k miles in a barn since 2001, project started 2023.
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Re: Xantia AC expansion valve location

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DickieG wrote:
A quick explanation of its function can be replicated by exhaling with a wide open mouth = warms air, now pucker your lips to a small hole and then exhale = cold air :-D
That reminds me of a Chinese fable where on a winter's night a traveller takes refuge in I think a giant's home. He blows on his hands to warm them up then blows on a bowl of soup to cool it down. Being scared by this guest being able to breath hot and cold, the giant believes him to be a demon and kicks him out.
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