Air conditioning is probably the most appreciated features on recent cars. Even though it was previously available to high-end models, it has now been democratized for a large proportion of cars. Nevertheless, this costly and sophisticated unit needs special care, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is absolutely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen C6. This is specifically what we will show you in more detail in this document. First we will take a look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen C6, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Citroen C6.
How to clean my Citroen C6 air conditioning
Let’s begin our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Citroen C6. The only way to carry out a total cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will activate the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to achieve this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Citroen C6 in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is quite simple, nevertheless, this process can dirty the inside of your Citroen C6.
- Take off 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 shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the automobile doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Citroen C6, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This solution will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen C6, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen C6 that are persistent, we recommend you to exercise the second process.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen C6
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Now let’s advance to the more significant approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system 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 follow:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen C6 (between the hood 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 shut down 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 Citroen C6.
- 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 C6
Finally, to finish our document, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Citroen C6 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 C6 every year.
To find more tips on the Citroen C6, take a look at the Citroen C6 category.
