Air conditioning is probably the most appreciated features on modern cars. Even though it was historically reserved for high-end varieties, it has now been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. However, this costly and elaborate unit needs special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Ford Ranger. This is exactly what we will demonstrate in detail in this article. First we will check in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Ford Ranger, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Ford Ranger.

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How to clean my Ford Ranger air conditioning

Let’s start our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Ford Ranger. The only solution to carry out a total cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will help the creation of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to achieve this, here they are

Clean the air conditioning system of your Ford Ranger in an easy way

Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The methodology is quite simple, nevertheless, this process can dirty the inside of your Ford Ranger.

  • Take off the cabin filter.
  • Install 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 closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the automobile doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
  • Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Ford Ranger, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.

This technique will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Ford Ranger, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Ford Ranger that are persistent, we recommend you to practice the second process.

Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Ford Ranger

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Now let’s move on to the more radical solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system complete. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the operation to follow:

  • Take off your cabin filter.
  • By the external air intake of your Ford Ranger (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 A moment.
  • Once this first step is done 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 established under the glove box.
  • Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Ford Ranger.
  • 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 Ford Ranger

Finally, to finish our article, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Ford Ranger 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 Ford Ranger every year.
  • To find more tips on the Ford Ranger, take a look at the Ford Ranger category.