While air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred features when hot, it can also bring some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Alfa Romeo Gt can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, first we will look at the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them vanish.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Alfa Romeo Gt have a smell of humidity?

So we commence our content with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Alfa Romeo Gt. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not similar. Indeed, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Alfa Romeo Gt. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Alfa Romeo Gt. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it regularly (food remains for example) will lead to amplify the odors. Finally, the last classic explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Alfa Romeo Gt is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits a bad smell that will disperse in the passenger compartment of your car.

What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Alfa Romeo Gt?

Now that you know where to look to locate the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Alfa Romeo Gt, because in addition to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.

Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now compose a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Alfa Romeo Gt:

  • Although it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Alfa Romeo Gt on a regular basis will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
  • The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Alfa Romeo Gt with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please seek advice from our content which clarifies in detail the process to follow.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Alfa Romeo Gt: This filter which is designed to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, be sure to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Alfa Romeo Gt

To conclude, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Alfa Romeo Gt, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Alfa Romeo Gt:

  • Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, always accomplish this step will allow you to dry a maximum of humidity in your ventilation circuit and thus limit the humidity.
  • Although it sounds basic, you don’t always have time to take care of your car, but garbage is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be sure that the air conditioning of your Alfa Romeo Gt is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

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