Air conditioning is one of the main asked options on recent cars. Even though it was before available to high-end models, it has today been democratized for a large proportion of cars. Nevertheless, this costly and sophisticated device necessitates special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is totally necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mercedes Cla. This is specifically what we will demonstrate in more detail in this content. First we will take a look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Mercedes Cla, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mercedes Cla.
How to clean my Mercedes Cla air conditioning
Let’s begin our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Mercedes Cla. The only solution to accomplish a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will promote the expansion of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to do this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your Mercedes Cla in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is very simple, nevertheless, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Mercedes Cla.
- Remove the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mercedes Cla, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Cla, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mercedes Cla that are persistent, we advise you to apply the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Cla
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Now let’s move on to the more radical technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system in depth. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the operation to follow:
- Remove your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mercedes Cla (between the bonnet and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray a couple of times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first step is conducted 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mercedes Cla.
- 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 Mercedes Cla
Finally, to end our content, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Mercedes Cla and limit unforeseen expenses.
- Have your air conditioning serviced every year
- Change your cabin filter every two years.
- Have your FREON gas recharged every two years.
- lean the air-conditioning system on your Mercedes Cla every year.
To find more tips on the Mercedes Cla, take a look at the Mercedes Cla category.
