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Overheating and steam coming from air vents! Oh crud! V70-XC70 1999

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posted by  nifaron on  Sun Jun 25 15:16 CST 2006
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D'oh! So... the a/c in the car stops working... my wife and I start to fiddle with the controls... then a sweet (antifreeze) smell comes from the vents, followed by hot steam... followed by steam from under the hood (all this happening in 30 seconds)... crapola. I pull over and wait for the car to cool down... it's low on water... refill... start to drive towards the service station watching the heat guage ... 2 minutes it's getting hot so I pull off and wait quite a bit... repeat several times. I'm assuming my heater core is shot... could it be anything else? Can I replace it? I'm handy, but don't have a very well equiped shop since our move from Iowa to So. Cal.

Thanks all!
Aaron, in Fullerton, CA
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1999 V70XC 105k






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