Expansion Valve

2010 Audi A3 2.0T, 2.0 E, StandardSECTION Expansion Valve

The expansion valve atomizes the streaming refrigerant and controls the flow quantity so that the vapor is gaseous only at the evaporator outlet, depending on the heat transmission.

Fig 1: Identifying Expansion Valve
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