Air conditioning is one of the main interesting specs on newer cars. Although it was historically reserved for high-end varieties, it has now been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. However, this pricey and sophisticated technology requires special care, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is absolutely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Avalanche. This is precisely what we will explain in detail in this article. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Avalanche, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Avalanche.
How to clean my Chevrolet Avalanche air conditioning
Let’s start our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Chevrolet Avalanche. The only technique to conduct a complete cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will promote the development of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to get this done, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Chevrolet Avalanche in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is quite easy, even so, this process can dirty the inside of your Chevrolet Avalanche.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally 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, press the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Chevrolet Avalanche, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This procedure will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Chevrolet Avalanche, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Chevrolet Avalanche that are persistent, we recommend you to exercise the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Chevrolet Avalanche
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Chevrolet Avalanche (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 5 minutes.
- Once this first stage is done 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Chevrolet Avalanche.
- 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 Chevrolet Avalanche
Finally, to finish our article, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Chevrolet Avalanche 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 Chevrolet Avalanche every year.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Chevrolet Avalanche, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet Avalanche category.
