Air conditioning is by far the most asked features on newer cars. Even though it was previously available to high-end models, it has now been democratized for a large proportion of automobiles. Nevertheless, this costly and sophisticated equipment needs special attention, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is absolutely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Cadillac SRX. This is exactly what we will explain in detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Cadillac SRX, then in another step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Cadillac SRX.
How to clean my Cadillac SRX air conditioning
Let’s begin our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Cadillac SRX. The only technique to conduct a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning generates a lot of moisture that will stay 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 techniques to perform this, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Cadillac SRX in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The method is very simple, however, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Cadillac SRX.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Put in 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 running) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, 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 Cadillac SRX, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This methodology will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Cadillac SRX, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Cadillac SRX that are persistent, we suggest you to apply the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Cadillac SRX
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Now let’s move on to the more radical tactic 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 off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Cadillac SRX (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 shut down 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 placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Cadillac SRX.
- 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 SRX
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 circuit on Cadillac SRX 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 Cadillac SRX every year.
If you wish more guides on the Cadillac SRX, go to our Cadillac SRX category.
