Not weird but... My concern would be the residual refrigerant in the
evaporator mixing with the coolant which then runs through the entire
cooling system.

No if you had a brand new evaporator thats never been used then i wouldnt
see why it wouldnt work. no residual refrigerant to intermix with coolant.
Water pump pumps water through the system so that added routing would have
coolant supplied but that

Abel.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> I have a friend who has this *"weird"* idea..
>
> He lives in cold climate (Canada) with a 1998 tin top van. He doesn't need
> A/C so he removes the compressor but leaving the A/C condenser and blower
> in place. The front under dash heater blower is dead but he doesn't want to
> replace it (too much work) ...so he has this idea...
>
> He is thinking of running 2 hoses from the rear heater (under the bench) to
> the overhead A/C core.... the hot coolant will run thru the A/C core and
> the warm air will be pushed to the front the same way as for the A/C and
> then thru air duct..
>
> personally I think it won't work because there's no pump to push the hot
> coolant up to the A/C core and worst than that he will compromise his
> cooling system and the engine will overheat...
>
> what do you think?
>
> thanks
>
> dan
>