Air conditioning is probably the most important options on recent cars. Although it was before reserved for high-end models, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. Nevertheless, this costly and sophisticated technology requires special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is definitely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Acura RDX. This is exactly what we will teach you in detail in this article content. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Acura RDX, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Acura RDX.
How to clean my Acura RDX air conditioning
Let’s start our article content with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Acura RDX. The only way to carry out a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in reality, your air conditioning generates a lot of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your Acura RDX in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is quite easy, however, this process can dirty the inside of your Acura RDX.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Acura RDX, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Acura RDX, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Acura RDX that are persistent, we encourage you to exercise the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Acura RDX
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Now let’s advance to the more significant tactic of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system in depth. You will have to be equipped with the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the operation to follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Acura RDX (between the bonnet and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray several times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first stage is finished you will be able to tackle the inside part of your air conditioning system, doing the same but not the inside air intake which is usually located under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Acura RDX.
- All you have to do is air out your car while the product dissipates before you can use it again.
Maintenance of the air-conditioning of its Acura RDX
Finally, to finish our article content, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Acura RDX and limit unforeseen expenses.
- Have your air conditioning serviced every year
- Swap your cabin filter every two years.
- Have your FREON gas recharged every two years.
- lean the air-conditioning system on your Acura RDX every year.
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