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How COLD is your AC (what is your "Temp Drop")?

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Re: How COLD is your AC (what is your "Temp Drop")?

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rspi wrote:... It was down to 27 degrees. Outside temp was about 82 at the time. I was doing 45 mph.
Is that 27°C or 27°F ? You must be driving one of them meat freezer 18-wheelers :lol:
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My A/C, after refilling the 134a less than two hours ago on my 00' S70 GLT, at 69 degrees I used a thermometer and got a temp of around 55 degrees F.
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Post by MrAl »

Hi,

I am sorry i did not get to check mine yet, i keep forgetting to bring the thermo gun out to the car when i go out. I have some other problems too so i was concerned with them more than the AC right now so that's part of it (like the strange windshield).
I’ve been driving a Volvo long before anyone ever paid me to drive one.
That's probably because I've been driving one since 2015 and nobody has offered to pay me yet.
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