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by JoBrad 944 days ago
I also have this memory. The A/C is a heat pump that just pulled heat to/from the radiator, which is used for both the engine and the A/C. So turning on the heat causes the thermostat to be tripped faster (or so I was told), moving heat away from the engine. You had to be moving for this to work well, especially if your thermostat was going bad.