While air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen functionality during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Lincoln MKC can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To achieve this, first we will take a look at the justification 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 Lincoln MKC have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKC. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often similar. Indeed, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Lincoln MKC. This humidity is the ideal base of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKC. Furthermore, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it frequently (food leftovers for example) will play a role in increase the odors. At last, the last common reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lincoln MKC is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 MKC?
Now that you know where to look to locate the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Lincoln MKC, because furthermore to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore crucial to get rid of them quickly.
Getting rid of an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now do a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Lincoln MKC:
- Nevertheless it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lincoln MKC on a regular basis will allow you to eradicate many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lincoln MKC with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content which explains in detail the technique to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Lincoln MKC: This filter which is designed to prevent impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure to check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Lincoln MKC
Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Lincoln MKC, we are now going to give you some tips to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Lincoln MKC:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly 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 trash is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be certain that the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKC is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, in reality, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
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