Q: Overheating with AC on
I just had a water pump timing belt combo put on my van. Now anytime I turn on my AC it overheats otherwise it it running normal heat wondering if this could be used to no Freon or low on Freon or if this could be due to something else
My car's transmission is unknown to me.
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