Air conditioning is by far the most important options on newer cars. Nevertheless it was in past times restricted to high-end models, it has now been democratized for the great majority of cars. However, this expensive and complex equipment requires special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is totally important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumpy. This is precisely what we will explain in more detail in this content. First we will take a look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumpy, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumpy.
How to clean my Citroen Jumpy air conditioning
Let’s start our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Citroen Jumpy. The only option to perform a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will promote the development of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to get this done, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Citroen Jumpy in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is quite simple, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Citroen Jumpy.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Put in the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (if possible on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Citroen Jumpy, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Jumpy, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Jumpy that are persistent, we suggest you to exercise the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Jumpy
.
Now let’s go forward to the more significant tactic of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system in depth. 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 stick to:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen Jumpy (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 Five minutes.
- Once this first step 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 Jumpy.
- 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 Jumpy
Finally, to end our content, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Citroen Jumpy 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 Citroen Jumpy every year.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Citroen Jumpy, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Jumpy category.
