Air conditioning is one of the main asked features on recent cars. Even though it was before available to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of automobiles. Nevertheless, this costly and sophisticated unit necessitates special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Eclipse. This is precisely what we will show you in detail in this content. First we will check in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Eclipse, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Eclipse.
How to clean my Mitsubishi Eclipse air conditioning
Let’s start our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Mitsubishi Eclipse. The only technique to execute a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will promote the creation of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two solutions to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Mitsubishi Eclipse in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is quite simple, even so, this process can dirty the inside of your Mitsubishi Eclipse.
- Remove 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 closed, 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This solution will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Mitsubishi Eclipse, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mitsubishi Eclipse that are persistent, we recommend you to utilise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mitsubishi Eclipse
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Now let’s go forward to the more significant technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit in depth. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the process to stick to:
- Remove your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mitsubishi Eclipse (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 closed for A moment.
- 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 conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mitsubishi Eclipse.
- 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse
Finally, to finish our content, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse every year.
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