While air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular functionality during the summer, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Citroen C15 can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to help you find out why. To do this, first we will look at the motive 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 Citroen C15 have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Citroen C15. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often alike. In fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Citroen C15. This humidity is the perfect base of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Citroen C15. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it often (food debris for example) will contribute to amplify the odors. Finally, the last traditional reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen C15 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Citroen C15?
Now that you know where to look to find the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Citroen C15, because in addition to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore fundamental to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Citroen C15:
- Even though it may appear evident, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen C15 on a regular will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Citroen C15 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please browse our content which explains in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen C15: This filter which intends to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure you examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Citroen C15
To conclude, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Citroen C15, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen C15:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, always conduct 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 trash is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Citroen C15 is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in truth, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
To find more tips on the Citroen C15, take a look at the Citroen C15 category.
