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A/C problems S80 2000

posted by  freewillie on  Sun Apr 16 10:17 CST 2006
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I just bought the wife a s80 t6 a couple of weeks ago from a friend of mine. It only has 72,000 miles on it and it had all the service records so this problem really bothers me. While driving along the a/c is on and the climate control is doin its thing the car is cooled for about 15mins then all of a sudden the air coming from the vents is warm as though just the fan is on and no a/c. It goes like this for a few minutes then you can feell the air getting cold again for a few more minutes then warm again. Now the air is never really cold but it does cool the car I just don't know what is causing the warm air thing. Any ideas?

And while I am here, I noticed that the s80 forum is under AWD is that for "all wheel drive" and how would I know if my wifes car is AWD?








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    P.S. S80 2000

    posted by  KlausC on  Mon Apr 17 15:09 CST 2006
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    It's not "the" wife, it is "your" wife. If she ever sees what you wrote, you may have to buy some flowers or buy a new couch.


    Klaus
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      P.S. S80 2000

      posted by  freewillie on  Tue Apr 18 05:27 CST 2006
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      Thanx Klaus I had a feeling that it might be that but I am new to this kind of thing. We have a 93 940 that was no longer blowing cold air and sure enough the refridgerant was low. I popped in a new can and now that bad boy will give you pnemonia. It never acted like this new car it just stopped giving cold air all togther so I was a little worried when I got cool air then warm. Thanx again I will break out the guages this evening and check it.

      Oh, I never said she was MY wife. LOL

      You are right though if she ever saw my post I would be sleeping on the couch for sure.








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    A/C problems S80 2000

    posted by  KlausC on  Mon Apr 17 15:07 CST 2006
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    This is the all/front wheel drive forum. If your car has AWD it would say so in the rear deck plate.
    Your AC charge is probably a bit low, resulting in a prolonged pressure building time. Any AC shop can check the pressure for you, or you can buy a pressure gauge and check it yourself. Sounds like you are about 1/2 can low.

    Klaus
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