Air conditioning is probably the most asked options on recent cars. Although it was previously available to high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for the great majority of vehicles. However, this expensive and complex technology requires special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Peugeot 4008. This is exactly what we will describe in more detail in this article. First we will take a look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Peugeot 4008, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Peugeot 4008.
How to clean my Peugeot 4008 air conditioning
Let’s commence our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Peugeot 4008. The only option to accomplish a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning creates a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will promote the production of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to achieve this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Peugeot 4008 in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The methodology is very easy, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Peugeot 4008.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Put in the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (if possible on the passenger side).
- Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the motor vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Peugeot 4008, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This process will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Peugeot 4008, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Peugeot 4008 that are persistent, we encourage you to exercise the second approach.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Peugeot 4008
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Now let’s go forward to the more significant approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit in depth. You will have to buy 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 Peugeot 4008 (between the hood 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 A moment.
- 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 located under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Peugeot 4008.
- 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 4008
Finally, to conclude our article, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Peugeot 4008 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 4008 every year.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Peugeot 4008, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 4008 category.
