Air conditioning is probably the most important specs on recent cars. Although it was historically available to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. However, this pricey and elaborate mechanism necessitates special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mini Mini 3. This is precisely what we will explain in detail in this content page. First we will take a look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Mini Mini 3, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mini Mini 3.
How to clean my Mini Mini 3 air conditioning
Let’s commence our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Mini Mini 3. The only solution to perform a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in reality, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will activate the production of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Mini Mini 3 in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is quite simple, nevertheless, this process can dirty the inside of your Mini Mini 3.
- Take away 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 is on) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the motor vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mini Mini 3, 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 Mini Mini 3, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mini Mini 3 that are persistent, we suggest you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mini Mini 3
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Now let’s move on to the more significant approach 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 follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mini Mini 3 (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 shut down for Five minutes.
- Once this first stage is conducted 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 established under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mini Mini 3.
- 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 Mini 3
Finally, to end our content page, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Mini Mini 3 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 Mini Mini 3 every year.
If you wish more guides on the Mini Mini 3, go to our Mini Mini 3 category.
