Air conditioning is one of the main asked specs on modern cars. Despite the fact it was in past times restricted to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for the vast majority of vehicles. Nevertheless, this expensive and complex unit necessitates special care, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is definitely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Lexus ES. This is specifically what we will show you in detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Lexus ES, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Lexus ES.
How to clean my Lexus ES air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Lexus ES. The only option to perform a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in reality, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stay in the system and will help the development of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to achieve this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Lexus ES in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The technique is very easy, even so, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Lexus ES.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (if possible on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Lexus ES, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to rather quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Lexus ES, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Lexus ES that are persistent, we suggest you to apply the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Lexus ES
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Now let’s advance to the more radical solution of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit complete. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the operation to stick to:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Lexus ES (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 shut down for A moment.
- Once this first stage 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 located under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Lexus ES.
- 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 Lexus ES
Finally, to conclude our document, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Lexus ES 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 Lexus ES every year.
To find more tips on the Lexus ES, take a look at the Lexus ES category.
