Air conditioning is one of the most appreciated features on modern cars. Even though it was in past times reserved for high-end models, it has today been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. Nevertheless, this pricey and complex mechanism requires special care, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Tahoe. This is specifically what we will explain in more detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Tahoe, then in another step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Tahoe.
How to clean my Chevrolet Tahoe air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Chevrolet Tahoe. The only option to accomplish a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will promote the development of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two solutions to get this done, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Chevrolet Tahoe in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The technique is very simple, nevertheless, this process can dirty the inside of your Chevrolet Tahoe.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Chevrolet Tahoe, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This methodology will allow you to rather quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Chevrolet Tahoe, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Chevrolet Tahoe that are persistent, we recommend you to apply the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Chevrolet Tahoe
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the operation to stick to:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Chevrolet Tahoe (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 A moment.
- 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 located under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Chevrolet Tahoe.
- 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 Tahoe
Finally, to end our document, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Chevrolet Tahoe 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 Chevrolet Tahoe every year.
To get more tips on the Chevrolet Tahoe, take a look at the Chevrolet Tahoe category.
