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Best Practice for Air Conditioning Repair, R&I and Replacement

Before starting the A/C process, OE for specific oil and warranty) make sure all technicians are EPA • Hybrids and EV vehicles may approved with 609 certification need a different oil (check OE data) https://www.epa.gov/mvac/ • Check for leaks section-609-technician-training • Note temperature at center -and-certification-programs vent on dash and note on repair or• Determine if vehicle is R12, a picture R134A or R1234YF (possible sub • Check A/C equipment for let) scheduled filtration service • Get proper equipment ready for evacuation * Note—If there is no refrigerant • Check for Refrigerant or Evacin the system due to the accident, uate the system at teardown the descant in the receiver drier is • Print out OEM data on A/C compromised and the part should • Note amount of refrigerant rebe replaced. Always refer to OEM moved* on estimate/repair order procedures when an A/C has been • Remove receiver drier and seal opened. Lines Highlighted in red • Remove A/C condenser and are non-included items seal if necessary • Seal off all A/C lines • Assemble A/C system using all new “O” rings with correct lubri cant der (best practice would be to take • Replace refrigerant Don’t Miss the Weekly Industry • Any additional refrigerant needs NEWS Your Shop Needs. to be added to the estimate/repair order Sign Up Free Today! • Add PAG oil to system if necessary and charge as necessary (Check www.autobodynews.com and repeat; you have to adopt this philosophy for building future leaders. Take a chance, mentor others.”

Teaching allows you to learn twice. Make sure you’ve set clear expectations, provided the proper training and equipment, and allowed time to acclimate to the new information. Quoting Bob Goshen, Anderson added, “Leaders… should influence others… in such a way that it builds people up, encourages and edifies them so they can duplicate this attitude in others.”

The eighth and final mistake to turn into a life lesson Anderson shared was playing not to lose, instead of playing to win.

“Most of us start out playing to win! We move to playing to not lose. If I do this, my employees might quit, I might lose a DRP—we are focused on what we might lose, not what we might gain. Get off the sidelines and into the game! Don’t focus on what you might lose; focus on what you could gain!”

Best Practice for Pre and Post Scans

• Discuss diagnostics, scanning to determine repair options (OE proand ADAS functions and calibrations cedures OEM pertinent data with vehicle owner if possible • Determine ADAS options (See • Make sure that an authorization Airpro Data Retrieval) that will refor repairs has been singed quire calibrations with or without • Move Vehicle to scanning stall DTC”s or Data faults • Note vehicle VIN, Miles, RO# • Blue print vehicle and pay parand MIL illuminations ticular attention to the ADAS com• Inspect vehicle for ADA compo ponents nents and controls such as cameras, • Repair Vehicle back to its preradar sensors, lane departure/blind loss condition. On reassembly, check spot indicators and steering wheel/ OE data to determine if an assembly dash controls needs to be removed for calibration. • Print out documented OE pro• Document Initialization, Pro cedures for vehicle being scanned graming and module set up using • Hook up battery charger to mainprocedures from OEM documentatain voltage tion • Hook up scan tool and put vehi• Perform Post Scan after vehicle in proper state for scanning cle assembly and determine New as • Perform all system DTC scan well as Old DTCs • Review individual system data • Clear all possible DTC and values with scan tool related to correct faults codes that shop equipcodes retrieved and/or required data ment will handle and document. revised such as air bag deployment Even with all codes that have been history steering angle, seat weight, cleared, it still may be necessary to camera or radar angle values send the vehicle for calibration as • Note 3 case scenarios 1. No ac per OEM ADAS service informacident related codes 2. accident codes tion 3. Accident related and non accident • Scenario 1—All codes have codes cleared and no calibration is nec• Research codes and data values essary, all OEM procedures have followed and documented, vehicle goes to the next step in the repair process. Scenario 2 vehicle codes have cleared, all OEM procedures have followed and documented, vehicle needs certain system calibrated, vehicle goes to in house calibration center , an outside vendor or OEM dealership. It is highly recommended that another post scan be performed and documented. Scenario 3, vehicle accident codes have not be cleared, an outside vendor is requested and/or vehicle is sent to OEM dealership to clear the codes and perform any calibrations that are required by OEM procedures. Also documentation is essential. Scenar io 4, all accident codes have cleared, calibrations performed if necessary , but non accident codes have not been cleared. Customer needs to be notified and a release signed before vehicle is released. • Final step is to determine by the OEM procedures if a road test needs to be performed. Test drive proce dures will be outline in the OEM data. A final test drive documentation needs to be filled out and added to the repair order jacket

Anderson closed with an anecdote about his 23-year-old self being discouraged by the constant complaints he heard from collision repairers. His father told him he had a decision to make: “Once you’re gone, will folks look back and say the collision repair industry sure changed Mike Anderson? Or will they look back and say Mike really changed that industry? What’s your legacy?”

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Throughout the presentation, Lanza shared insights into how Sherwin-Williams can assist shops with each life lesson. More training videos are available at www.ecolean university.com.

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