Air conditioning is one of the main asked specs on newer cars. Despite the fact it was in past times available to high-end models, it has today been democratized for a large proportion of cars. However, this costly and complex equipment necessitates special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Opel Mokka X. This is specifically what we will explain in more detail in this content page. First we will look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Opel Mokka X, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Opel Mokka X.
How to clean my Opel Mokka X air conditioning
Let’s start our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Opel Mokka X. The only method to perform 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 stay in the system and will help the expansion of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two solutions to perform this, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Opel Mokka X in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is very easy, even so, this technique can dirty the inside of your Opel Mokka X.
- Take out 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 running) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press 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 Opel Mokka X, 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 Opel Mokka X, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Opel Mokka X that are persistent, we recommend you to practice the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Opel Mokka X
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Now let’s advance to the more significant solution 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 distinct. Here is the operation to stick to:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Opel Mokka X (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 closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first part is completed 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 Opel Mokka X.
- 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 Opel Mokka X
Finally, to finish our content page, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Opel Mokka X 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 Opel Mokka X every year.
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