Air conditioning is probably the most important specs on recent cars. Although it was previously reserved for high-end models, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of cars. However, this costly and complex device needs special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is definitely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen Saxo. This is precisely what we will show you in more detail in this document. First we will take a look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen Saxo, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Citroen Saxo.
How to clean my Citroen Saxo air conditioning
Let’s begin our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Citroen Saxo. The only option to perform a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to get this done, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your Citroen Saxo in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is very easy, however, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Citroen Saxo.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the motor vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Citroen Saxo, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This technique will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Saxo, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Saxo that are persistent, we recommend you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Saxo
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Now let’s go forward to the more significant tactic of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system complete. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen Saxo (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 little bit.
- 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 placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Citroen Saxo.
- 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 Saxo
Finally, to finish our document, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Citroen Saxo 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 Saxo every year.
If you wish more tutorials on the Citroen Saxo, go to our Citroen Saxo category.
