Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen product features during the summer, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Lincoln MKX can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To do this, first we will have 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 disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Lincoln MKX have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content page with the origins of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKX. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often similar. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Lincoln MKX. This humidity is the perfect source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKX. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it often (food debris for example) will lead to amplify the odors. At last, the last common explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lincoln MKX 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 Lincoln MKX?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Lincoln MKX, because moreover to being unpleasant 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 compose a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Lincoln MKX:
- Nevertheless it may appear to be evident, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lincoln MKX regularly will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lincoln MKX with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please seek advice from our content page which points out in detail the technique to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Lincoln MKX: 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 MKX
Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Lincoln MKX, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Lincoln MKX:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, always 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 rubbish is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be certain that the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKX is always in good functioning 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 essential, indeed, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
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