Bronco Badlands AC intermittent

[rhalama]

Just looked under the hood of my sons 2022 Bronco and what a suprise--Never gave up on a car repair until now. All my life I fixed my own vehicles and now that I am 81, I slowed down. His AC would work one day and not the next--disconnect the battery and it may work or not. Did my research and could be clutch not engaging due to lo pressure defective switch or lo refrigerant. I can't even find the compressor with all the pipes, wire and hoses, let alone the lo pressure switch, so I was changing tactics and measure the refrigerant pressure with my gauges (I am not a AC guy but do have gauges). Could not even find the lo/high preesure connections. Any one can take a photo of the location of the compressor so I can see if the clutch is engaging and the location of lo pressure switch and hi and lo pressure ports to check pressure?? Thanks in advance

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[Bindul]

The AC Compressor is buried low on the passenger side of the engine block, driven by the main accessory belt. You will likely have to look up from underneath the vehicle or peel back the passenger-side inner fender liner to clearly see if the clutch is spinning.

 

[Ducati1098]

Low side: Drivers side, back of the engine to the right of the valve cover.

High side: front of the engine, drivers side, right behind the fan.

You can follow both lines down to the compressor. Pressure transducer will be at the bottom of the high side line.

 

[rhalama]

Ducati1098, thanks so much. Great photos and descriptions.

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