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Originally Posted by RamVA
If the money's spent, it's spent, but the modified valve appears to be unneccesary. I simply removed the old one from the circuit and all is well.
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Agree, but am still under warranty, so took heed of this disclaimer at the end of their website.
By the way, did you notice much of an improvment/difference in shifting after the modification? In other words, was it worth the effort?
* An alternative to replacing the CDV is to eliminate it entirely. However, there are two reasons why you might not want to do this. On some models, the steel hard line needs to be bent to a new angle if the CDV is deleted. The bend is slight and there is little risk of damaging the line. The problem is, if the line is not bent just so, it's difficult to get the threads to line up without cross threading them. This is made tougher by the fact that the fitting is slippery with brake fluid. Another reason for not simply yanking the CDV is that some folks are concerned about future warranty issues. It's not uncommon for an overzealous service writer to try to blame any modification for whatever failure has occurred. Rather than try to argue with the service department about whether or not the deletion of the CDV was responsible for the air conditioning failure, many folks simply install a modified CDV. That way, the stock appearance is maintained and the issue of user modifications never comes up.