Air conditioning is one of the main interesting options on newer cars. Nevertheless it was before available to high-end models, it has today been democratized for the great majority of automobiles. However, this pricey and elaborate mechanism needs special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Jeep Patriot. This is specifically what we will teach you in more detail in this content. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Jeep Patriot, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Jeep Patriot.
How to clean my Jeep Patriot air conditioning
Let’s commence our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Jeep Patriot. The only solution to do a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning generates a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will help the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two methods to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Jeep Patriot in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is very simple, however, this technique can dirty the inside of your Jeep Patriot.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Set up 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 shut down, push 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 Jeep Patriot, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This technique will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Jeep Patriot, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Jeep Patriot that are persistent, we advise you to exercise the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Jeep Patriot
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit in depth. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to stick to:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Jeep Patriot (between the hood and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray several times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors shut down for A little bit.
- 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 located under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Jeep Patriot.
- 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 Jeep Patriot
Finally, to conclude our content, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Jeep Patriot 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 Jeep Patriot every year.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Jeep Patriot, do not hesitate to consult our Jeep Patriot category.
