Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable features during the summer, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Opel Adam can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you identify 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 Opel Adam have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content page with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Opel Adam. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is generally the same. In fact, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Opel Adam. This humidity is the perfect source of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Opel Adam. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will develop amplify the odors. At last, the last traditional reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Opel Adam is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Opel Adam?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Opel Adam, because moreover to being uneasy 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 do a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Opel Adam:
- Even though it may appear to be evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Opel Adam commonly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Opel Adam with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please consult our content page which clarifies in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Opel Adam: This filter which is designed to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure you verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Opel Adam
To conclude, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Opel Adam, we are now going to give you some tips to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Opel Adam:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, 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 rubbish is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make certain that the air conditioning of your Opel Adam is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, indeed, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
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