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Originally Posted by turboboy
The two "radiators" in an A/C system are the condenser at the front and the evaporator inside the cabin.
It is best to get a specialist to test the system before deciding on what to do.
My V70 always had good working A/C and then suddenly decided to stop. I had a lot of well meaning advice from colleagues but a test by a local mobile A/C specialist revealed that the system was fully charged but blocked. Decided to tackle the repair myself so had the specialist just extract the refrigerant.
Replaced the orifice tube and the dryer (not a job I would want to do again) and then had the system checked for leaks before being recharged with correct amount of refrigerant and PAG oil. Total cost was around £200 all in (parts I bought plus specialist's labour and vacuuming out gas etc.) but now have nice cold A/C.
If there had been a leak in the evaporator then I would probably not have bothered getting it fixed as it is tucked up out of sight and requires complete dismantling of the dash. Not something I am really able to tackle these days so would have been around £400 -£500 for a specialist to do.
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cheers for explaining i guess i shall have to save my pennies for a while but i have the mot tomorrow afternoon and just hoping and praying it passes without a drama or worse more expense im in the doghouse as it is! but did a good long drive and other than an abs light dimly lighting up not proper illuminated which if i turn the car off and restart goes out,
im guessing i need to solder the abs module i just hope it behaves long enough to pass then i shall sort it at leisure,but i can honestly say i would not want to swap for the peugeot 406 in a million years the volvo is much nicer to work on just a bit expensive as we are playing catchup with its lax servicing,try explaining that too my missus!peace