Air conditioning is by far the most interesting features on recent cars. Although it was in past times restricted to high-end versions, it has today been democratized for a large proportion of automobiles. However, this expensive and complex mechanism requires special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Cadillac DTS. This is precisely what we will describe in detail in this document. First we will check in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Cadillac DTS, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Cadillac DTS.
How to clean my Cadillac DTS air conditioning
Let’s start our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Cadillac DTS. The only option to do a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will promote the expansion of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two methods to perform this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Cadillac DTS in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The method is very easy, even so, this technique can dirty the inside of your Cadillac DTS.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Install 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 is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, 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 Cadillac DTS, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This methodology will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Cadillac DTS, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Cadillac DTS that are persistent, we advise you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Cadillac DTS
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Now let’s move on to the more radical tactic 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 off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Cadillac DTS (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 Five minutes.
- Once this first stage 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 located under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Cadillac DTS.
- 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 Cadillac DTS
Finally, to finish our document, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Cadillac DTS 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 Cadillac DTS every year.
To find more tips on the Cadillac DTS, take a look at the Cadillac DTS category.
