Air conditioning is probably the most interesting options on newer cars. Although it was in past times available to high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. Nevertheless, this costly and elaborate equipment needs special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mini Countryman 2. This is precisely what we will demonstrate in more detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Mini Countryman 2, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mini Countryman 2.
How to clean my Mini Countryman 2 air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Mini Countryman 2. The only option to perform a complete cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning produces loads 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 techniques to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Mini Countryman 2 in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is very simple, even so, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Mini Countryman 2.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Set up 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 is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mini Countryman 2, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This methodology will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Mini Countryman 2, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mini Countryman 2 that are persistent, we recommend you to apply the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mini Countryman 2
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Now let’s move on to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit complete. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the procedure to stick to:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mini Countryman 2 (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 little bit.
- Once this first step is performed 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mini Countryman 2.
- 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 Mini Countryman 2
Finally, to end our document, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Mini Countryman 2 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 Mini Countryman 2 every year.
To get more tips on the Mini Countryman 2, take a look at the Mini Countryman 2 category.
