1997 Cadillac STS evaporator replacement

1997 CADILLAC STS
140,000 MILES • V8 • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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FHORTA
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per vehicle diagnostic at pep boys, there is a leak on the evaporator, and needs to be replaced. they wanted o charge me in the $hundreds to replace.
where is the evaporator? how do i replace?

when i last charged the vehicle with freon, and after a few minutes of running ac wih freon in it , there was a hissing sound and a white cloud of freon around beween radiaor and firewall of driver's side.

does this sound like the right diagnostic. thanks
Jul 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM
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FACTORYJACK
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Not if it was on the drivers side. There is only one line on that side. It goes from condenser, comes up by master cylinder and makes another connection at the orifice tube/evap outlet.
Jul 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM
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