While air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable features when hot, it can also bring some inconveniences. In truth, the air conditioning in a BMW i3 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you identify why. To accomplish this, first we will have a look at the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my BMW i3 have a smell of humidity?
So we start our article with the source of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your BMW i3. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often times similar. In truth, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your BMW i3. This humidity is the ideal source of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your BMW i3. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will contribute to enhance the odors. Finally, the last common reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your BMW i3 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 BMW i3?
Now that you know where to look to locate the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your BMW i3, because moreover to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore important to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now do a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your BMW i3:
- Nevertheless it may appear evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your BMW i3 frequently will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your BMW i3 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please read our article which points out in detail the process to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your BMW i3: This filter which is designed to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure you verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on BMW i3
Finally, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on BMW i3, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your BMW i3:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In truth, 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 rubbish is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your BMW i3 is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and also the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
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