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Old 08-05-2008, 04:57 PM
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I have a 1998 Volvo S70 and it has 350K on it. I don't want to quite on this car. Currently, I'm experiencing a strange problem. When I turn on the AC(I have't tried the heater yet), every thing work find. After certain time, there will be no air and when I put the fan in full speed, I heard a loud noise...After I tun-off the fan will work OK for another 1/2 hr or so...then the problem comes again....

Please help me who do I fix this ?

If I have to change the blower, should I remove the dash(I did it once for replacing the evaporator and it was painful)....

I appreciate if you could provide repair instruction with photos how to fix it...I'm willing to pay you some few $ if you have paypal account. Many thank in advance.

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Old 08-05-2008, 05:58 PM
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Sounds like the evap is freezing up on you. Under the hood in the pipe just before the connection for the evap is a sensor. I will bet it is bad. When the freon gets cold the pressure drops and that shuts the compressor off.
 
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Old 08-05-2008, 06:00 PM
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If you can get it to do it pretty quick when it acts up leave the car running and open the hood and I will bet the pipes will be frozen. Get a new switch and unscrew the old one and screw the new one on and done.
 
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do you mean, I have to repleace the sensor ?

Also, if it is the sensor, the fan should work if I tunn off the AC, when both AC and FAN were on but Fan stop working ?

yesterday, I noticed that both pipes that goes to evaporator were completly forzen (2mm of white frozen of all pipe).


 
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Please let me know which switch you are referring to ? Is it the one in cabin (climate control switch) or the one on pipe, in engine compartment, which goes to evaporator ?

I wonder what will happen when the fan stop working ? Can AC build in the pipe and make it frozen ?

 
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The switch under the hood on the pipe just before the evap.
 
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