Air conditioning is probably the most asked options on recent cars. Although it was before reserved for high-end versions, it has today been democratized for the vast majority of cars. Nevertheless, this expensive and sophisticated equipment needs special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKZ. This is specifically what we will describe in detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKZ, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKZ.
How to clean my Lincoln MKZ air conditioning
Let’s begin our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Lincoln MKZ. The only way to accomplish a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in reality, your air conditioning generates a lot of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will help the creation 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
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Lincoln MKZ 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 treatment can dirty the inside of your Lincoln MKZ.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Put in 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 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 Lincoln MKZ, 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 Lincoln MKZ, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Lincoln MKZ that are persistent, we advise you to exercise the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Lincoln MKZ
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Now let’s advance to the more significant approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit complete. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Lincoln MKZ (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 shut down for A few minutes.
- Once this first part is completed 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 found under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Lincoln MKZ.
- 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 Lincoln MKZ
Finally, to conclude our document, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Lincoln MKZ 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 Lincoln MKZ every year.
If you want more guides on the Lincoln MKZ, go to our Lincoln MKZ category.
