Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen features during the summer, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Peugeot 207 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 take a look at the reason 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 Peugeot 207 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our article with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Peugeot 207. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often alike. Indeed, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Peugeot 207. This humidity is the perfect base of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Peugeot 207. Furthermore, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will develop amplify the odors. At last, the last common motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Peugeot 207 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 Peugeot 207?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Peugeot 207, because furthermore to being unpleasant these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.
Getting rid of an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Peugeot 207:
- Even though it may appear evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Peugeot 207 commonly will allow you to take off many of the sources of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Peugeot 207 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please read our article which clarifies in detail the technique to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Peugeot 207: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure to verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Peugeot 207
To conclude, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Peugeot 207, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Peugeot 207:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly 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 garbage is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To assure that the air conditioning of your Peugeot 207 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 important, indeed, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
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