Air conditioning is probably the most important options on modern cars. Although it was previously reserved for high-end models, it has now been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. Nevertheless, this expensive and elaborate equipment necessitates special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen Ds4. This is exactly what we will show you in detail in this content page. First we will take a look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen Ds4, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Citroen Ds4.
How to clean my Citroen Ds4 air conditioning
Let’s begin our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Citroen Ds4. The only method to accomplish a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two methods to achieve this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Citroen Ds4 in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The method is very simple, however, this process can dirty the inside of your Citroen Ds4.
- Remove the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably 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 car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Citroen Ds4, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This procedure will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Ds4, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Ds4 that are persistent, we advise you to apply the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Ds4
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Now let’s advance to the more radical approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system detailed. 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:
- Remove your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen Ds4 (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 part is completed 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 found under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Citroen Ds4.
- 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 Ds4
Finally, to end our content page, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Citroen Ds4 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 Ds4 every year.
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