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Mar 18, 2020 | 08:20 AM

five20too

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AC lines at condenser

So I kinda messed up. I’m putting a compressor and all the related items on my excursion and while flushing the lines to my condenser I got them mixed up. Now I can’t remember which line goes to which port. Can anyone with a V10 tell me if the line with the high side port goes to the top or bottom of the condenser? I’m not sure if it matters but I’d prefer to put it back like it was. Thanks

Mar 19, 2020 | 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by five20too

On my V-10 the line with the port goes on the top of the condenser. Here some info from AllData.

A/C Condenser Core
The A/C condenser core has the following characteristics:

It is an aluminum fin and tube design heat exchanger located in front of vehicle radiator.
It cools compressed refrigerant gas by allowing air to pass over fins and tubes to extract heat and condense refrigerant gas to liquid refrigerant as it is cooled.

Refrigerant Lines
The condenser to evaporator tube contains high pressure liquid refrigerant upstream of the A/C evaporator core orifice.

The A/C manifold and tube is attached to the A/C compressor, is sealed with O-ring seals and has the following features:

The upstream side contains low pressure refrigerant gas.
The downstream side contains high pressure refrigerant gas.
A serviceable high pressure A/C charge port valve is located on the downstream side.
The downstream side also contains a fitting used to mount the A/C pressure cutoff switch. A long-travel Schrader-type valve stem core is installed in the fitting so that the A/C pressure cutoff switch can be removed without discharging the A/C system.