[DMCForum] AC Went "POOF!"

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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