Air conditioning is one of the main interesting specs on modern cars. Despite the fact it was in past times restricted to high-end models, it has today been democratized for the great majority of automobiles. However, this expensive and complex device needs special attention, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is absolutely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen Xantia. This is precisely what we will teach you in more detail in this article. First we will look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen Xantia, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Citroen Xantia.
How to clean my Citroen Xantia air conditioning
Let’s commence our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Citroen Xantia. The only way to carry out a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stay in the system and will promote the expansion of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Citroen Xantia in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The technique is very easy, even so, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Citroen Xantia.
- Take away 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 is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually 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 Xantia, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Xantia, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Xantia that are persistent, we suggest you to practice the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Xantia
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the procedure to stick to:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen Xantia (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 closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first step is performed 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 Xantia.
- 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 Xantia
Finally, to end our article, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Citroen Xantia 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 Xantia every year.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Citroen Xantia, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Xantia category.
