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AC Compressor question 900

AC compressor failed in my 940. I bought a new one along with the receiver drier and tube.

I noticed the original one has some sort of pressure switch in the top. The replacement has a threaded plug in the same spot, and instructions to take the switch from the original compressor and install it into the new one.

Trouble is, the switch does not appear to be removable by any means. Looking at the pictures of replacements on EEuroparts and FCP, none appear to have such a switch nor is anything listed to replace it.

Is it even necessary?








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    AC Compressor question 900

    That thingy on top of the Seiko Seiki SS121DS5 compressors (I presume that's the one you have, also listed for 900s is the SS121DN5) is a thermal cutout switch also known as a heat switch or temperature sensor. Some other models of Seiki compressors have them, some don't. Like you say, the oil fill plug hole appears to be threaded in all diagrams I found, but the original doesn't at all look like it can be unscrewed. I assume it's a press fit, so would need to be carefully pried up. If you can't salvage it out of the old then then don't worry about it. The compressor will run fine without it. It's not a separate part listed by Volvo in schematics or anywhere else I could find. As you quickly learn when trying to search for info there is almost zero out there on servicing these Seiki compressors.
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    Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now








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      AC Compressor question 900

      Thanks Dave. Glad to hear I may be on the right track.

      I did notice you referred to the hole in the top as the oil filler hole. I drained the new compressor, per instructions, and refilled it with 4 oz of PAG100 through the suction side.

      Should I have put oil in through the hole in the top?








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        AC Compressor question 900

        For adding oil, I would just do what the instructions say. Some compressors come pre-filled, some don't.

        BTW I've still got original SS A/C compressors in both my 900s, but one has a long known very slow compressor seal leak for well over 10 years. At the moment the charge is down right on the hairy edge of allowing the low pressure switch to keep it kicked in for anywhere from 15-30 minutes depending on ambient temp. I'm debating at the moment on finally replacing the compressor or yet again just to having a purge and recharge done trying to get a few more years out of it. I'm at the 6 year mark after the last charge, so nothing to be proud of, but nothing fatal. Although I'm in a rather temperate weather zone and managed for decades without A/C in my 120, 140 and 240, it seems climate change keeps throwing us heat wave curve balls in recent years, plus once you have A/C it's hard to go back.

        Now that I'm on a trip down memory lane, I'm sure many of us oldsters remember cars where flipping the front door window vents out backwards was all you had to give you a good breeze on a scorching day. The 2-doors also gave you the rear side windows to flick out. When the 140s went to the one piece door windows, they more than made up for it with dash face vents and also the manual front footwell side vents (closed off if you bought the A/C option). The 240s gave you the added option of a sun roof. With often less than 110hp, there wasn't a lot of extra power on the highway to drive a compressor.
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        Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now







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