Hello everyone, I just purchased a 97 volvo 850 t5 wagon the other day for $600

A quick recap on the car. It runs phenominal. The last owner loved this car and did a lot of maintenence repairs on "astrid" himself. So I test drove her and she drives like a brand new car. But like all cars with age, she does have a few problems and a bunch of interior & exterior cosmetic wear and tears. But she drives great, ive already driven her a hair over 100 miles the past few days just to feel the car out.

Now on to my question. There is a hose on the bottom front of the engine. It's the first hose behind the front bumper.. it's cut. The previous owner told me, the mechanic his daughter took the car to replaced the radiator just cut the hose and left it. And the previous owner said he thinks it's an ac hose which is why the ac isn't blowing out cold air. Does anyone know which hose this specifically is? I will forsure replace it, but can i run it for now cut? Now I have googled and checked search engines about this and couldn't find anything. So please helpful comments only! Thank you guys!

 

Can you post up a picture? Its not a radiator or oil cooler line since you're driving the car... Could be an AC line to the AC condenser (looks like a second radiator). The AC on these cars typically has several different points of failure: 1) AC compressor clutches often develop gaps that overheat the clutch and shut the unit 2) AC evaporator (the little radiator inside the dash) corrode due to clogged drain tubes and then lose the freon 3) o-rings leak freon between connectors. 4) once in a while the condensors go but not that common as the other problems. 5) mechanic cut hoses is not that common jejeje. So you should be able to find a replacement hose - Try going to Tascaparts.com and look at the diagram under HVAC to see if anything looks appropriate. My bet is the AC was not working before the line was cut so even if you replace your line you will need to R+R the AC system. If a shop does the work, they'd want to replace the cut line, the orifice tube, o-rings and then pressure (dye) test the system for leaks. You may still wind up with a need to fix the compressor or the evaporator (the latter being a $1000-1500 shop job as I think the book labor is in the 8-10 hours range).

 

Thank you for the info! Based on tasca.com. the part was definately the condenser line #10. I'm going to replace it and inspect the ac systems with my buddy.

 

That mechanic was quite the butcher.

 

If the AC system was breached with some line cut, you will need to replace the dryer as well. Then have the system vac'd and properly serviced.