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Tesla Model 3: Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

Tesla Model 3 2017-2025 Service Manual / Thermal Management / Refrigerant System / Receiver Dryer and Desiccant (Remove and Replace) / Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

Install

  1. Use 3/8 inch extensions to press the new desiccant filter into the condenser. Lightly tap with a hammer to fully seat the filter.
  2. Insert a new desiccant bag into the condenser.
  3. Install the inner cap into the condenser, and press it in just below the groove for the snap ring.
  4. Remove the bolt from the inner cap.
  5. Install the snap ring into the condenser, and make sure the snap ring is fully seated into the groove.
  6. Install the cap. Torque 4 Nm

Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

  1. Install the underhood reinforcement bracket onto the cooling fan module.

Note: The cooling fan module tab must be inserted into the isolator so that the trailing tab touches the isolator rubber and the chamfered edge is clearly visible when looking from above

Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

Note: The trailing edge of the cooling fan module mount must contact the lower tunnel of the isolator.

Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

  1. Install the bolts (x2) that attach the underhood reinforcement bracket to the body. Torque 16 Nm

Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

  1. Loosen the bolts (x2) for the LH cooling fan module isolator.

Receiver Dryer and Desiccant- Install

  1. Push the isolator forward, and while doing so, tighten the bolts (x2). Torque 6 Nm
  2. Repeat step 9 and step 10 for the RH cooling fan module isolator.
  3. Perform the A/C refrigerant recharge. See A/C Refrigerant (Recovery and Recharge).

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