Mine did this too about two years ago (this fall). One of those 24-year old hoses had rubbed a weakness. It was around the point where they bend and begin the descent to run up the frame. It was also about 100F that day. Steve W. calmed me down when I called in the the problem, told me I could drive it. Order new hoses or have a local shop build them for you. Now that it's exposed to the atmosphere you probably should do some of the other components, and maybe even go to 134a. Cool driving. -Kevin 4687 On 5/22/05, Robert Moseley <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > -- -Kevin 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/