Air conditioning is by far the most important specs on recent cars. Although it was historically available to high-end versions, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of automobiles. Nevertheless, this pricey and elaborate technology necessitates special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your BMW X5. This is precisely 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 BMW X5, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your BMW X5.
How to clean my BMW X5 air conditioning
Let’s begin our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your BMW X5. The only technique to carry out a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning creates loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will activate the production of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to do this, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your BMW X5 in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The technique is very easy, nevertheless, this technique can dirty the inside of your BMW X5.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little 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 X5, 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 BMW X5, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your BMW X5 that are persistent, we suggest you to utilise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your BMW X5
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Now let’s move on to the more significant solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the operation to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your BMW X5 (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 closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first part is achieved 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 BMW X5.
- 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 X5
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 BMW X5 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 BMW X5 every year.
If you wish more guides on the BMW X5, go to our BMW X5 category.
