Air conditioning is one of the main asked options on newer cars. Even though it was historically available to high-end models, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of automobiles. However, this costly and complex equipment requires special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is totally necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Peugeot 108. This is precisely what we will describe in more detail in this article content. First we will take a look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Peugeot 108, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Peugeot 108.
How to clean my Peugeot 108 air conditioning
Let’s start our article content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Peugeot 108. The only option to do a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system 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 solutions to get this done, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your Peugeot 108 in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The technique is very simple, even so, this technique can dirty the inside of your Peugeot 108.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Set up the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (ideally on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Peugeot 108, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This process will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Peugeot 108, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Peugeot 108 that are persistent, we advise you to apply the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Peugeot 108
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system in depth. 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 operation to follow:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Peugeot 108 (between the bonnet and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray several times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors closed for A moment.
- Once this first step 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 placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Peugeot 108.
- 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 Peugeot 108
Finally, to end our article content, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you desire to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Peugeot 108 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 Peugeot 108 every year.
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