Air conditioning is probably the most asked options on recent cars. Although it was in past times restricted to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of automobiles. However, this pricey and elaborate equipment requires special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Lexus NX. This is specifically what we will demonstrate in more detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Lexus NX, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Lexus NX.
How to clean my Lexus NX air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Lexus NX. The only technique to do a total cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will activate the creation of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to get this done, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Lexus NX in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is very easy, however, this process can dirty the inside of your Lexus NX.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the motor vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Lexus NX, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This solution will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Lexus NX, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Lexus NX that are persistent, we recommend you to exercise the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Lexus NX
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Now let’s move on to the more significant solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the operation to stick to:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Lexus NX (between the bonnet and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray several times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors shut down for A little bit.
- Once this first stage is achieved you will be able to tackle the inside part of your air conditioning system, doing the same but not the inside air intake which is usually located under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Lexus NX.
- All you have to do is air out your car while the product dissipates before you can use it again.
Maintenance of the air-conditioning of its Lexus NX
Finally, to conclude our document, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Lexus NX and limit unforeseen expenses.
- Have your air conditioning serviced every year
- Swap your cabin filter every two years.
- Have your FREON gas recharged every two years.
- lean the air-conditioning system on your Lexus NX every year.
To find more tips on the Lexus NX, take a look at the Lexus NX category.
