While air conditioning in a car is one of the best functionality during the summer, it can besides that lead to some inconveniences. In reality, the air conditioning in a Citroen C6 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you identify why. To get this done, first we will look at the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Citroen C6 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our guideline with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Citroen C6. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is quite often similar. In reality, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Citroen C6. This humidity is the ideal base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Citroen C6. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will lead to increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen C6 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 C6?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Citroen C6, because in addition to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore crucial to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating 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 Citroen C6:
- Nevertheless it may seem obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen C6 on a regular basis will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Citroen C6 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please have a look at our guideline which points out in detail the procedure to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen C6: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, remember to verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Citroen C6
To conclude, last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on Citroen C6, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen C6:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In reality, constantly do 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 triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Citroen C6 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 fundamental, indeed, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
To find more tips on the Citroen C6, take a look at the Citroen C6 category.
