1989 760 Turbo AC and heat - no air from vents

Discussion in 'Volvo 760' started by george, May 6, 2007.

  1. george

    george Guest

    The AC and heater work fine, and the fan is blowing. However, almost
    no air is coming out any of the vents. Anyone have a diagram of the
    probable bottleneck?
     
    george, May 6, 2007
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  2. george

    James Sweet Guest

    First the obvious, are the vent dampers open? They're the oreo cookie
    things, some people don't realize what they do.

    If that's ok, I'd start looking for a vacuum leak, the main dampers are
    vacuum operated and they close with no vac.
     
    James Sweet, May 6, 2007
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  3. george

    george Guest

    Many thanks. Your solution sounds logical. I'll try to have a vacuum
    leak found. Also, where are the main dampers?
     
    george, May 6, 2007
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  4. george

    James Sweet Guest

    They're burried behind the dash in various places. They're vacuum servos,
    like miniature versions of the cruise control servo under the hood. Usually
    the problem is the vacuum resivoir behind the bumper, you can ask Jamie
    about that, he knows all about it.

    The early 760s had a climate control that was entirely vacuum operated and a
    nightmare to work on. I think yours has the later electronic version which
    is not as bad, still wouldn't hurt to check all the fuses though, IIRC
    there's a bunch of solenoid valves that control vacuum routing.
     
    James Sweet, May 6, 2007
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  5. george

    george Guest

    Wish I had 1% of your mechanical acumen! Thanks for the counsel.
    I'll get on it.
    George
     
    george, May 6, 2007
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