Air conditioning is by far the most asked features on modern cars. Although it was historically reserved for high-end models, it has now been democratized for a large proportion of cars. However, this pricey and sophisticated mechanism requires 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 X4. This is precisely what we will teach you in more detail in this content. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your BMW X4, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your BMW X4.
How to clean my BMW X4 air conditioning
Let’s start our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your BMW X4. The only solution to accomplish a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning creates a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will activate the creation of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to achieve this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your BMW X4 in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The technique is quite simple, nevertheless, this technique can dirty the inside of your BMW X4.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (if possible 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, push 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 X4, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This solution will allow you to rather quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your BMW X4, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your BMW X4 that are persistent, we advise you to exercise the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your BMW X4
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Now let’s advance to the more significant solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system in depth. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the operation to stick to:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your BMW X4 (between the hood 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 A little bit.
- Once this first stage is conducted 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your BMW X4.
- 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 X4
Finally, to end our content, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on BMW X4 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 X4 every year.
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