Volvo RWD Forum

INDEX FOR 10/2025(CURRENT) INDEX FOR 7/2016

[<<]  [>>]


 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Suck or Blow... Vacuum question

posted by  Les Lyne on  Mon Oct 11 07:33 CST 2004
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

Ok, I've asked this before, but it was quite a while ago and I don't remember the answer.

Actually it could have been last week and I wouldn't remember...

Anyway, my car is a 1982 242 turbo, pretty much factory stock. I have noticed that when I have the defroster on (button in) and the heater off (button out), under normal steady-state driving, the defroster works fine. However, under acceleration (ie, the turbo has pressurized the intake), air blows out the heater vents and not out the defroster.

I seem to recall that there's a little vacuum valve in the system that's probably the problem, but I don't remember how to isolate it and where it's located...?

As always, thanks.







<< < > >>



©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.