[DML] AC went "POOF!"

["Robert 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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