Air conditioning is probably the most interesting specs on recent cars. Even though it was before available to high-end varieties, it has now been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. However, this costly and elaborate equipment needs special attention, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your BMW 3 Series. This is exactly what we will explain in more detail in this document. First we will take a look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your BMW 3 Series, then in another step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your BMW 3 Series.
How to clean my BMW 3 Series air conditioning
Let’s start our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your BMW 3 Series. The only option to perform a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will help the expansion of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to get this done, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your BMW 3 Series in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is very easy, nevertheless, this process can dirty the inside of your BMW 3 Series.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (if possible 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 motor vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your BMW 3 Series, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This technique will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your BMW 3 Series, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your BMW 3 Series that are persistent, we advise you to utilise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your BMW 3 Series
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Now let’s move on to the more significant method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit complete. 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 out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your BMW 3 Series (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 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 placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your BMW 3 Series.
- 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 BMW 3 Series
Finally, to end our document, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on BMW 3 Series 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 BMW 3 Series every year.
To get more tips on the BMW 3 Series, take a look at the BMW 3 Series category.
