What you don't see of the evaporator dirt/debris buildup

[MKMike]

I recently replaced the evaporator core (and the rest of the AC system, as the car came w/o a compressor and was left open for at least a year .)
It amazed me to find this after opening up the housing https://www.flickr.com/photos/62751362@ ... tostream//

This is a side view so you can see how thick the debris buildup was https://www.flickr.com/photos/62751362@ ... otostream/]

..and no, it isn't photoshopped or altered. That's how much junk was built up!

It was so thick and in there for so long that it actually rotted away part of the evaporator housing.
Used a bit of AC super sticky duct sealing foil tape to hopefully keep it sealed.
(I tried to add the pictures directly but it didn't work.)

[Pontiac1]

Thats pretty bad,when I first cleaned mine it looked like someone lost a wool sweater in there.I cleaned it 4 years later and it was covered again,*dang* cottonwood trees here in Iowa really put out a lot of cottony crap.

[crash93ssei]

This is exactly why the 2000+ have a cabin air filter.... not that it matters though because I think only 0.001% of owners actually even know it's there and change it

[2003 SSEi]

This is exactly why the 2000+ have a cabin air filter.... not that it matters though because I think only 0.001% of owners actually even know it's there and change it

and it was only installed from the Factory in 00 and part of 01.....

[crash93ssei]

This is exactly why the 2000+ have a cabin air filter.... not that it matters though because I think only 0.001% of owners actually even know it's there and change it

and it was only installed from the Factory in 00 and part of 01.....

Now that I did not know. I thought I read that the frame was not installed in later years but that was it, really wouldn't surprise me I guess.

[MKMike]

This is exactly why the 2000+ have a cabin air filter.... not that it matters though because I think only 0.001% of owners actually even know it's there and change it

<br abp="748"><br abp="749">and it was only installed from the Factory in 00 and part of 01.....

<br abp="750"><br abp="751">Now that I did not know. I thought I read that the frame was not installed in later years but that was it, really wouldn't surprise me I guess.

..But the 93 does have a nifty little 1/8" thick piece of foam on the back of it.

Despite all of the hassle, I'm certainly glad I went to the trouble of replacing the evaporator.
I smile every time I use my now new AC system!

[1oldman]

and it was only installed from the Factory in 00 and part of 01.....

Hhhmmmmm .. when I bought the '05 SE August '13, it had a cabin filter in it, and in not too bad a shape either. I just replaced it on GP this week.- BC

[samples08]

and it was only installed from the Factory in 00 and part of 01.....

That's not true my 02 Has a cabin air filter passenger side under the hood I changed mine a year or so ago with a new fram Cabin Air filter.

[00Beast]

A shop may have installed it...