Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen aspects when hot, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. In actual fact, the air conditioning in a Audi Rs4 can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you establish why. To accomplish this, first we will have a look at the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Audi Rs4 have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content page with the source of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Audi Rs4. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not similar. In actual fact, air conditioning causes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Audi Rs4. This humidity is the perfect origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Audi Rs4. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food remains for example) will play a role in amplify the odors. Finally, the last classic reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Audi Rs4 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and produces a bad smell that will propagate in the passenger compartment of your car.
What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Audi Rs4?
Now that you know where to look to find the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Audi Rs4, because moreover to being uneasy 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 do a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Audi Rs4:
- Even though it may seem obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Audi Rs4 frequently will allow you to remove many of the sources of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Audi Rs4 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please browse our content page which clarifies in detail the technique to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Audi Rs4: This filter which is designed to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure you verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Audi Rs4
To finish , last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Audi Rs4, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Audi Rs4:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In actual fact, 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 assure that the air conditioning of your Audi Rs4 is always in good working 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 important, indeed, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
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