Air conditioning is by far the most interesting options on newer cars. Although it was before reserved for high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. However, this expensive and sophisticated device necessitates special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser. This is specifically what we will teach you in detail in this article. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser.
How to clean my Citroen C-crosser air conditioning
Let’s begin our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Citroen C-crosser. The only option to accomplish a complete cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will activate 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 Citroen C-crosser in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The method is very simple, even so, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Citroen C-crosser.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally on the passenger side).
- Start 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 slowly but surely and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Citroen C-crosser, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This procedure will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen C-crosser, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen C-crosser that are persistent, we encourage you to practice the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen C-crosser
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Now let’s move on to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system detailed. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to stick to:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen C-crosser (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 closed for Five 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 placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Citroen C-crosser.
- 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 Citroen C-crosser
Finally, to finish our article, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Citroen C-crosser 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 Citroen C-crosser every year.
To get more tips on the Citroen C-crosser, take a look at the Citroen C-crosser category.
