Air conditioning is one of the main interesting options on modern cars. Despite the fact it was historically available to high-end models, it has nowadays been democratized for the vast majority of vehicles. However, this expensive and elaborate technology requires special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is totally necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Peugeot 206 . This is precisely what we will teach you in detail in this article. First we will check in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Peugeot 206 , then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Peugeot 206 .
How to clean my Peugeot 206 air conditioning
Let’s commence our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Peugeot 206 . The only option to carry out a complete cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in reality, your air conditioning creates 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 methods to perform this, here they are
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Peugeot 206 in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is quite simple, nevertheless, this technique can dirty the inside of your Peugeot 206 .
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Put in 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 shut down, push 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 Peugeot 206 , ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This process will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Peugeot 206 , but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Peugeot 206 that are persistent, we encourage you to exercise the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Peugeot 206
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Now let’s move on to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit in depth. You will have to be equipped with the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to stick to:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Peugeot 206 (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 part 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 found under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Peugeot 206 .
- 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 206
Finally, to conclude our article, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Peugeot 206 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 206 every year.
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