My windows mist up.

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 6:09 pm

if you pull the carpet away from the tunnel console on each side, you will see (8 ?) bolt heads that hold the cover (but its on the bottom) on the heater. You can remove this without spilling any coolant. YOu will need to remove the plastic pipes that take air to the rear floor, and a bracket on the passenger side to get it out...... D'oh you have a turbo.... hmm, you may have to move the injection ECU too. Don't know if air con makes this any different.
If it leaks bad you willl see the gooey coolant on the outside of the box before you take the bottom off.
You will be able to see then if it is leaking.

TheXile · Post by **TheXile** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:00 pm

Hi Martin,
I spoke to my trusty volvo specialist yesterday and mentioned your predicament, and unfortunately he reckons that it is your heater matrix which is leaking.
This alone is not too major a job, but having aircon makes it alot harder.
If I was you I would get your baby to a garage you can trust, close your eyes and hand over the readies.

Unless you can do it yourself.
Gedda

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:08 pm

seems better yesterday/today I hope it just goes away

I got too many things alread waiting for me to pay

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:55 pm

if you do it your selves, a new hose clab doesn' cost much for instance

Luck
JPF

yo84 · Post by **yo84** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:56 am

im not so good in english so i hope that you boys understand it right anyway...id had that problem to..a hole lot of smoke..couldnt se anything so i was forced to drive with the side winddows open

the problem was that the heater had gott a little hole because it was old and when the glyckol get into temp it starts to smoke out trough the hole..and you gott it on the flor to and it stinks

hope that you have understand me

pol · Post by **pol** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:14 am

Well that makes sense. my mates got me a smoke machine for my birthday, and it works by heating up a glycol solution, before pumping it through a small hole.

It's just a heater, and a pump... Which is pretty much what a cooling / heating system is...

Very similar stuff to antifreeze. I reckon yo84 has it!

pol

pol · Post by **pol** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:17 am

Oh yeah, and when i was looking on how to make me own fog juice for 'Joe' (the smoke machine) i found you could make smoke with antifreeze, but it's toxic, so be careful...

pol

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:34 pm

Think I might try to find a local garage, or at last resort down to Volvo for a look at the problem

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:01 pm

I removed the carpet next to the console and found water stuff that tastes like anti freeze !!!!!

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:05 pm

Is the carpet just pullable? Must have a look at least this far before I consign it to the garage

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:12 pm

Yep she like right slut of a carpet

You pull her and shes wet

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