Climate Control System - Vehicles With: Dual Automatic Temperature Control (DATC) - System Operation

Vehicle speed A/C high side pressure Intake air temperature

Fixed Displacement A/C Compressor (3.7L, 5.0L and 5.2L)

The fixed displacement compressor has:

a non-serviceable shaft seal. a serviceable pressure relief valve installed in the rear of the compressor to protect the refrigerant system against excessively high refrigerant pressures. a serviceable A/C clutch and field coil. Uses Motorcraft® PAG Refrigerant Compressor Oil YN-12-D. This oil contains special additives required for the A/C compressor. The oil may have some slightly dark-colored streaks while maintaining normal oil viscosity. This is normal for this A/C compressor because of break-in wear that can discolor the oil.

Fixed displacement A/C compressors are always at 100% displacement. The pistons are placed around an angled plate (swash plate) and are pushed back and forth as the plate rotates. Cooling performance is controlled by switching the compressor clutch on or off depending upon the evaporator temperature.

Condenser

The A/C condenser is an aluminum fin-and-tube design heat exchanger. It cools compressed refrigerant gas by allowing air to pass over fins and tubes to extract heat, and condenses gas to liquid refrigerant as it is cooled. The receiver drier is mounted on the left side of the condenser.

Receiver Drier

The receiver drier stores high-pressure liquid. The desiccant bag mounted inside the receiver drier removes any retained moisture from the refrigerant.

Thermostatic Expansion Valve (TXV)

The Thermostatic Expansion Valve (TXV) is located at the evaporator core inlet and outlet tubes at the center rear of the engine compartment. The TXV provides a restriction to the refrigerant flow and separates the low-pressure and high-pressure sides of the refrigerant system. Refrigerant entering and exiting the evaporator core passes through the TXV through 2 separate flow paths. An internal temperature sensing bulb senses the temperature of the refrigerant flowing out of the evaporator core and adjusts an internal pin-type valve to meter the refrigerant flow into the evaporator core. The internal pin-type valve decreases the amount of refrigerant entering the evaporator core at lower temperatures and increases the amount of refrigerant entering the evaporator core at higher temperatures.

Service Gauge Port Valves