PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE - EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION (ID)
IMPORTANT: the vehicle owner must do preventive maintenance actions. If
you do not do the preventive maintenance as described in this chapter, it
implies you lose partially or full warranty coverage.
ATTENTION: just in case a problem happens in the refrigeration system, then it
must be repaired in an authorized shop or qualified professional. If a third party
installs the equipment, VALEO Climatização do Brasil - Veículos Comerciais S/A,
guarantees only the product, not the installation of it.
The following items are in charge of the OEM Plant (Bus Body Builder):
• Driver´s Evaporator:
Problems with any driver´s air conditioning component, leakage, bad working or
operation.
IMPORTANT: clean the return filter of the driver´s air conditioning, at least, once
a week.
• Tubes, hoses, drains and wiring harness:
Bad attachment. Leakage at connections and welding points. Damages due to
frictioning / chassis and components frictioning or bad installed.
• Alternator / Compressor Support:
Excess or lack of torque at attaching screws/bolts. Assembly is out of project
designs. Pulleys are not aligned, excess or lack of stretchiness at the belts and
pulleys.
• Gas Charge Process:
Leakage test procedure. Vacuum process and refrigerant gas charge.
Note: in case the installation is bad, VALEO Climatização do Brasil - Veículos
Comerciais S/A Agent Authorized Service Net will have to call the OEM Plant
first, then get an authorization to do the service, print and issue the Invoice of
repairs.
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Identification Tag
It is very important, when you need to ask for spare parts or after sales parts,
and similar ones, customer must identify the model of the air conditioning,
telling the series number, model and manufacturing date.
This information can be found in the Air Conditioning Warranty Certificate and ID tag.
Application information regarding to: series and bus body model, series and
chassis model are very important to identify which parts the equipment carries.
In order to identify the bus body and chassis, you need to check the bus body
builder manual.
SMARTSPHERE 200
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Detail view of (a)
without the cover.