How to get under the dashboard

[Woger Wombat]

HELP please 

I have a 2013 1.6 Berlingo. Air Con is losing gas and only place left to check for leaks is under the dash.
( DYE was added at regas)

How do I gain access to the A/C bits under the dash, I can't see anyway to remove the panels.

Hope you can help.... summer is here  

[gazahull]

all panels are either press clips or screw fitted.......

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=...s&_sacat=0

[Woger Wombat]

all panels are either press clips or screw fitted.......

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=...s&_sacat=0

OK, I can see how the panels are clipped on and I should be able to prise them off. Can you tell me which side and which area I need to get to to find the aircon evaporator?  I'm hoping it's the LH side as that looks easy to unclip.

[gazahull]

hi....sorry i don't know....never done one.....but looking at my aircon the pipes seem to go in the middle of the back of top the engine......so i would assume...we are looking at the central part of bash board.........but that's only my guess...But either way it's does not look a easy job...

[suministros57]

you should be able to remove the screws from the panel

[Pedronicus]

Just out of interest I was wondering if its a regional issue.

I am predominantly driving around West Yorkshire and mostly Bradford & Leeds

Did it snap on the way in, or on the way out? Wheel bolts are high tensile steel so snapping them is a bit unusual, as noted above. Maybe the wheel was loose? If you can get to the back of the bolt via the drum, you might be able to remove it with a drill.
In any case, depending on why it snapped, I'd be tempted to change all 4 bolts once you get it sorted.

It snapped on a tyre change putting the bolt in.

DIY or at a tyre place?

TBH i would not have thought DIY would have snapped a bolt unless you had a 10ft scaffold pole on the end of the wrench!

a tyre place

hi....sorry i don't know....never done one.....but looking at my aircon the pipes seem to go in the middle of the back of top the engine......so i would assume...we are looking at the central part of bash board.........but that's only my guess...But either way it's does not look a easy job...

Couldn't agree more after looking in the printed Haynes manual.  The online version may be more informative though.

[Woger Wombat]

hi....sorry i don't know....never done one.....but looking at my aircon the pipes seem to go in the middle of the back of top the engine......so i would assume...we are looking at the central part of bash board.........but that's only my guess...But either way it's does not look a easy job...

Bash board?

Yes.... I might have to 

Is there even a diagram somewhere that shows the layout of core, fan etc?

[Sol]

Try your VIN at http://www.catcar.info and drill down to cooling & heating etc, there will be a diagram there somewhere