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stevj

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wth is the point of the this bypass?
It's not a bypass. Study the picture posted above by @HSKR R/T in Post #31 of this thread.
A ball valve is inserted in a heater hose so that hot engine coolant can be stopped from going into the heater core. This allows your A/C to blow much colder.
I have done this mod to my 2019 Ram and the difference is quite noticeable.

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It's not a bypass. Study the picture posted above by @HSKR R/T in Post #31 of this thread.
A ball valve is inserted in a heater hose so that hot engine coolant can be stopped from going into the heater core. This allows your A/C to blow much colder.
I have done this mod to my 2019 Ram and the difference is quite noticeable.

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man....I was planning on eventually going to the dealer to get it looked at for a possible warranty claim.
 

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These are the two hoses coming off the heater core on my 2022 3.6. The top arrow shows the hose going into water pump behind MGU. The bottom arrow shows the hose connecting to a double tee in the lower radiator hose.
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Edit: There are more rubber hoses on this engine than I've seen on any other engine
So it goes in the top one and can I make it closer to the top to be more accesible?
 

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man....I was planning on eventually going to the dealer to get it looked at for a possible warranty claim.
This kit was developed because in the early years of the 5th Gen, the only cutoff for heat was via the blend doors, and those weren't effectively closing off the heater core when heat was not required.
It is not a factory installed part.

So it goes in the top one and can I make it closer to the top to be more accesible?
It goes on the hose labelled ENG OUT, as pointed out by @theblet in post #20 of this thread.
That hose on the 5.7L engine is the output of the water pump to the heater core, and that's where you want to put it.

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So it goes in the top one and can I make it closer to the top to be more accesible?
It really didn't matter which hose it goes in. You will get the same effect. And if you don't mind cutting your factory hose, it can go wherever you want along the rubber hose.
 

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Folks, take your cabin air filter out! That's the real issue. The filter is too restrictive. I took mine out and the AC works like it should! My 4th gen was ice cold but it also didn't have a cabin air filter. Took the filter out of my 5th gen and I was amazed at how much better the AC was! Btw, the filter only has 7k miles 😆 it was brand new looking
 

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Folks, take your cabin air filter out! That's the real issue. The filter is too restrictive. I took mine out and the AC works like it should! My 4th gen was ice cold but it also didn't have a cabin air filter. Took the filter out of my 5th gen and I was amazed at how much better the AC was! Btw, the filter only has 7k miles 😆 it was brand new looking
It definitely will make it blow harder, but not necessarily get cooler.

I replaced mine with a k&n. I just rinse it and don’t re oil. This way there is some filtration, but it still blows good
 

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