Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable aspects when hot, it can besides that lead to some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Volkswagen Golf 3 can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To achieve 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 answers to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Volkswagen Golf 3 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our article with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Golf 3. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often the same. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Volkswagen Golf 3. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Golf 3. Moreover, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will lead to enhance the odors. At last, the last traditional explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Volkswagen Golf 3 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 Volkswagen Golf 3?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Volkswagen Golf 3, because in addition to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore important to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating 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 Volkswagen Golf 3:
- Nevertheless it may seem obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Volkswagen Golf 3 on a regular basis will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Volkswagen Golf 3 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please browse our article which points out in detail the procedure to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Volkswagen Golf 3: This filter which is designed to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure you check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Volkswagen Golf 3
To finish , last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Volkswagen Golf 3, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Volkswagen Golf 3:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, 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 trash is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To assure that the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Golf 3 is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in fact, 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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