Air conditioning is one of the most interesting specs on newer cars. Although it was historically restricted to high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for the vast majority of cars. However, this expensive and elaborate mechanism requires special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is definitely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mercedes Slk. This is precisely what we will show you in more detail in this content. First we will check in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Mercedes Slk, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mercedes Slk.
How to clean my Mercedes Slk air conditioning
Let’s begin our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Mercedes Slk. The only technique to carry out a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning produces loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will activate the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to do this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Mercedes Slk in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The technique is quite simple, nevertheless, this process can dirty the inside of your Mercedes Slk.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally on the passenger side).
- Start 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 gradually and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mercedes Slk, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Slk, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mercedes Slk that are persistent, we encourage you to exercise the second process.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Slk
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to be equipped with the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the procedure to stick to:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mercedes Slk (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 closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first part 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 placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mercedes Slk.
- 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 Mercedes Slk
Finally, to conclude our content, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Mercedes Slk 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 Mercedes Slk every year.
If you wish more guides on the Mercedes Slk, go to our Mercedes Slk category.
