Air conditioning is probably the most appreciated features on modern cars. Despite the fact it was historically available to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of automobiles. However, this costly and sophisticated unit needs special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is definitely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Kia Xceed. This is precisely what we will show you in detail in this content. First we will check in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Kia Xceed, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Kia Xceed.
How to clean my Kia Xceed air conditioning
Let’s begin our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Kia Xceed. The only solution to perform a complete cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stagnate 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 solutions to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Kia Xceed in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is very simple, even so, this process can dirty the inside of your Kia Xceed.
- Take off 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 closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Kia Xceed, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Kia Xceed, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Kia Xceed that are persistent, we recommend you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Kia Xceed
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Now let’s advance to the more significant 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 different. Here is the operation to follow:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Kia Xceed (between the bonnet and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray several times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors closed for A moment.
- Once this first step is finished 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 conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Kia Xceed.
- 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 Kia Xceed
Finally, to finish our content, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Kia Xceed 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 Kia Xceed every year.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Kia Xceed, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Xceed category.
