Air conditioning is by far the most asked features on recent cars. Nevertheless it was before restricted to high-end models, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. However, this pricey and sophisticated device requires special care, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is totally necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Citroen Xsara. This is exactly what we will show you in more detail in this content. First we will take a look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Citroen Xsara, then in another part, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Citroen Xsara.
How to clean my Citroen Xsara air conditioning
Let’s begin our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Citroen Xsara. The only solution to conduct a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning creates loads of moisture that will stay in the system and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to do this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Citroen Xsara in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is quite simple, however, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Citroen Xsara.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Put in 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 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 Xsara, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This process will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Xsara, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Xsara that are persistent, we suggest you to practice the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Citroen Xsara
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Now let’s move on to the more radical technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit complete. You will have to be equipped with the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the process to follow:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Citroen Xsara (between the bonnet 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 Five 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 located under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Citroen Xsara.
- 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 Xsara
Finally, to conclude our content, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Citroen Xsara 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 Xsara every year.
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