Air conditioning is by far the most interesting specs on recent cars. Nevertheless it was historically available to high-end models, it has today been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. However, this expensive and elaborate equipment requires special treatment, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is totally necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Audi A3. This is specifically what we will teach you in more detail in this article. First we will take a look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Audi A3, then in another part, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Audi A3.
How to clean my Audi A3 air conditioning
Let’s begin our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Audi A3. The only option to accomplish a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two solutions to accomplish this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Audi A3 in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The methodology is very simple, nevertheless, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Audi A3.
- Remove the cabin filter.
- Put in the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the automobile doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Audi A3, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This process will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Audi A3, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Audi A3 that are persistent, we encourage you to apply the second process.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Audi A3
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Now let’s go forward to the more significant technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system complete. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Remove your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Audi A3 (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 shut down for Five minutes.
- Once this first stage is performed 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 established under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Audi A3.
- 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 Audi A3
Finally, to finish our article, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Audi A3 and limit unforeseen expenses.
- Have your air conditioning serviced every year
- Change your cabin filter every two years.
- Have your FREON gas recharged every two years.
- lean the air-conditioning system on your Audi A3 every year.
To discover more tips on the Audi A3, take a look at the Audi A3 category.
