The Meugniot 8

After checking with dye, I can't find a leak anywhere visible under the hood or inside the cab, and It won't hold a vacuum. So I'm pretty sure it's the evaporator as I assumed. @crusty do you happen to have any more details on how to take the dash out as a whole? Have you done this before? There's lots of videos of other Nissans taking the dash apart layer by layer, but I can't seem to find anything on the NV3500. I guess the evaporator isn't a big issue with these things.

Thanks crusty, I'm going to run some dye in it and hopefully find exactly where it was leaking, but being I'm smelling Freon out of the vents and have constant wet front passenger carpet, I'm thinking its the evaporator. Do I need to pop off the plastic pieces to get to the dash bolts to take it off as a whole unit? I'd much rather take seats and center console out than all the dash pieces individually. Thanks for the insight, I was hoping someone would have a better idea than what I've read about taking all the individual items off.

2015 NV 3500 has a leak at the evaporator. I’ve looked through all the posts and I don’t see where anyone has posted how they have done this replacement. I can’t seem to find anything helpful on the internet on dismantling the dash, other than for the radio, which I have done. Anyone have any advice for how to get to the evaporator to replace it? I have a manifold gauge and vacuum and have replaced other A/C components on my other vehicle, I just wanted to see what I was up against before I tackle taking apart the whole dashboard on our van. Thanks for your help!

Hey Dan, I’m about to replace my evaporator as well. Did you get any solutions to your problem that could be helpful for us?