Q: car wont turn on when ac is on

asked by on July 30, 2017

at first our car would crank and not turn on it smelled like gas so we changed the fuel pump then it wouldnt turn on at all but all the lights and everything would no crank or nothing changed the starter still nothing now it only turns on if we previousley drove it withought the ac turned on
My car has an automatic transmission.

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