Air conditioning is one of the main asked options on recent cars. Even though it was before available to high-end versions, it has now been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. Nevertheless, this expensive and complex technology requires 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 Rs5. This is exactly what we will explain in detail in this document. First we will check in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Audi Rs5, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Audi Rs5.
How to clean my Audi Rs5 air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Audi Rs5. The only way to accomplish a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning generates loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will help the expansion of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to achieve this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Audi Rs5 in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The technique is quite easy, even so, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Audi Rs5.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally 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 Audi Rs5, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Audi Rs5, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Audi Rs5 that are persistent, we suggest you to utilise the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Audi Rs5
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Now let’s advance to the more radical approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system detailed. 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 out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Audi Rs5 (between the bonnet 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 closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first part 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 established under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Audi Rs5.
- 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 Rs5
Finally, to conclude our document, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Audi Rs5 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 Rs5 every year.
If you wish more guides on the Audi Rs5, go to our Audi Rs5 category.
