Re: 90q A/C compressor hose leaks

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

>     You've got it! A restriction in the high pressure line causes the liquid
> to expand into a cool gas. The expanded gas enters the evaporator which
> transfers heat from the air entering the car to the cool gas. The now hot
> low pressure gas enters the condenser (mounted in front of the radiator)
> where it is cooled. It then enters the low pressure side of the compressor,
> is compressed to liquid, and the cycle repeats itself.

Er, doesn't the compressor usually come before the condenser?  That's what the
Bentley's claim for the 5k and 200.

So we have:

Compressor - (muffler) - condenser - restrictor - evaporator -
accumulator - compressor.

BTW, the 84-88 5k Bentley has the low/high pressure labels swapped!

Orin.