While air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular product features during the summer, it can also bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Citroen Jumper 2 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To accomplish this, first we will take a 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.
Why does the air conditioning of my Citroen Jumper 2 have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our guideline with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumper 2. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is generally alike. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Citroen Jumper 2. This humidity is the perfect origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumper 2. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last common justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen Jumper 2 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 Citroen Jumper 2?
Now that you know where to look to find the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Citroen Jumper 2, because furthermore 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 eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Jumper 2:
- Although it may look obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen Jumper 2 frequently will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Citroen Jumper 2 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please have a look at our guideline which points out in detail the technique to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen Jumper 2: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Citroen Jumper 2
To finish , last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on Citroen Jumper 2, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen Jumper 2:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, constantly 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 rubbish is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be sure that the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumper 2 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in 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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