Air conditioning is one of the most asked features on newer cars. Even though it was before restricted to high-end models, it has nowadays been democratized for the great majority of cars. However, this expensive and sophisticated equipment necessitates special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Audi E-Tron. This is exactly what we will explain in detail in this content page. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Audi E-Tron, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Audi E-Tron.
How to clean my Audi E-Tron air conditioning
Let’s commence our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Audi E-Tron. The only option to do a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning creates a lot of moisture that will stay in the system and will promote the development of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to do this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Audi E-Tron in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The method is very easy, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Audi E-Tron.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Audi E-Tron, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This procedure will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Audi E-Tron, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Audi E-Tron that are persistent, we encourage you to apply the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Audi E-Tron
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Now let’s advance to the more radical solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit in depth. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Audi E-Tron (between the hood and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray a couple of times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors shut down for 5 minutes.
- Once this first step is completed 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 found under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Audi E-Tron.
- 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 E-Tron
Finally, to conclude our content page, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Audi E-Tron 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 Audi E-Tron every year.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Audi E-Tron, do not hesitate to consult our Audi E-Tron category.
