Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred features during the summer, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Opel Meriva can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to help you establish why. To achieve this, first we will examine the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them vanish.
Why does the air conditioning of my Opel Meriva have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Opel Meriva. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often times the same. Indeed, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Opel Meriva. This humidity is the perfect source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Opel Meriva. Moreover, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food remains for example) will develop increase the odors. At last, the last traditional motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Opel Meriva 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 Opel Meriva?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Opel Meriva, because furthermore to being unpleasant these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore crucial to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Opel Meriva:
- Although it may seem to be obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Opel Meriva on a regular basis will allow you to remove many of the sources of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Opel Meriva with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content which points out in detail the procedure to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Opel Meriva: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, be sure to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Opel Meriva
To finish , last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Opel Meriva, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Opel Meriva:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly 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 sure that the air conditioning of your Opel Meriva 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 truth, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
To find more tips on the Opel Meriva, take a look at the Opel Meriva category.
