Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable features when hot, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Lincoln Continental can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to help you understand why. To get this done, 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 possibilities to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Lincoln Continental have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Lincoln Continental. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often alike. Indeed, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Lincoln Continental. This humidity is the ideal source of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Lincoln Continental. Also, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food debris for example) will develop increase the odors. At last, the last traditional reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lincoln Continental is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Lincoln Continental?
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 Lincoln Continental, because furthermore to being unpleasant these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Lincoln Continental:
- Even though it may seem obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lincoln Continental on a regular basis will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lincoln Continental with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please browse our content which explains in detail the procedure to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Lincoln Continental: This filter which intends to stop impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Lincoln Continental
Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Lincoln Continental, we are now going to give you some tips to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Lincoln Continental:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, always perform 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 certain that the air conditioning of your Lincoln Continental is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in reality, 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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