Re: [DML] AC went "POOF!"

[kjc <ckevinj@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
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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
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