Air conditioning is probably the most important features on newer cars. Although it was in past times restricted to high-end models, it has today been democratized for the great majority of cars. However, this costly and complex technology needs 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 Mirage. This is exactly what we will describe in detail in this content page. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Mirage, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Mirage.
How to clean my Mitsubishi Mirage air conditioning
Let’s commence our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Mitsubishi Mirage. The only way to carry out a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning creates a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to get this done, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Mitsubishi Mirage in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is very easy, however, this technique can dirty the inside of your Mitsubishi Mirage.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably 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, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mitsubishi Mirage, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Mitsubishi Mirage, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mitsubishi Mirage that are persistent, we encourage you to apply the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mitsubishi Mirage
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to be equipped with the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the process to follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mitsubishi Mirage (between the bonnet 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 shut down for A moment.
- Once this first step is finished 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 Mitsubishi Mirage.
- 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 Mirage
Finally, to finish our content page, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Mitsubishi Mirage 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 Mitsubishi Mirage every year.
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