While air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen functionality when hot, it can besides that bring some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Lincoln MKZ can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you establish why. To do this, first we will have a look at the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Lincoln MKZ have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content page with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKZ. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is generally similar. Indeed, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Lincoln MKZ. This humidity is the perfect base of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKZ. Also, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will play a role in amplify the odors. At last, the last classic explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lincoln MKZ is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases a bad smell that will disperse in the passenger compartment of your car.
What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Lincoln MKZ?
Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Lincoln MKZ, because moreover to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore fundamental to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating 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 MKZ:
- Nevertheless it may appear evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lincoln MKZ regularly will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lincoln MKZ with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please read our content page which explains in detail the procedure to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Lincoln MKZ: 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 examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Lincoln MKZ
To finish , last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Lincoln MKZ, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Lincoln MKZ:
- Turn 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 rubbish is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To assure that the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKZ is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, in fact, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
To find more tips on the Lincoln MKZ, take a look at the Lincoln MKZ category.
