I was driving my car to a local car show yesterday, I hadn't driven it for about a week, it was about 100F and I had the AC pumping full. I was sitting at a stop sign about a block away from my house, (the car had been running only a few minutes) and there was this loud discharge from the engine, like something pressurized had popped, I could see a spray of smoke in the rear view mirror coming from under the engine lid. I quickly turned the car off. The car was not over heating, or had even warmed up yet. I guessed that I had blown a water hose, but there was no water! No oil, no grease, or no sign that any thing was discharged. There were no holes, busted hoses or anything visibly wrong. I cranked the car back up and it started and ran just fine.... ...except no AC! The fan was going but the compressor would not kick in. So I must assume that the explosion was my R12 shooting into space. The problem is, I can not figure out from where, or why? Does anyone here know what happened and what I need to do to fix it? Should I take it to a Volvo dealer, or someone that deals with older Euro cars and what parts should I refer to as far as compressors and hoses? Is this standard stuff they will recognize? Thanks for the help. - Videobob To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/