Air conditioning is one of the most appreciated specs on recent cars. Nevertheless it was in past times available to high-end versions, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of vehicles. However, this costly and sophisticated mechanism needs special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Opel Vivaro. This is precisely what we will teach you in more detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Opel Vivaro, then in another part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Opel Vivaro.
How to clean my Opel Vivaro air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Opel Vivaro. The only technique to perform a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will help the development of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to do this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Opel Vivaro in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The methodology is quite simple, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Opel Vivaro.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up 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, press 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 Opel Vivaro, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Opel Vivaro, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Opel Vivaro that are persistent, we recommend you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Opel Vivaro
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Now let’s move on to the more significant technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system complete. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Opel Vivaro (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 5 minutes.
- Once this first part is done 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 Opel Vivaro.
- 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 Vivaro
Finally, to finish our document, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Opel Vivaro 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 Opel Vivaro every year.
If you have any additional questions about the Opel Vivaro, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Vivaro category.
