Air conditioning is one of the most interesting specs on modern cars. Despite the fact it was historically restricted to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of cars. However, this expensive and complex mechanism necessitates special attention, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is definitely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your PORSCHE BOXSTER. This is precisely what we will demonstrate in detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your PORSCHE BOXSTER, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your PORSCHE BOXSTER.
How to clean my PORSCHE BOXSTER air conditioning
Let’s begin our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your PORSCHE BOXSTER. The only technique to conduct a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will activate 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
Clean the air conditioning system of your PORSCHE BOXSTER in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The methodology is quite easy, however, this technique can dirty the inside of your PORSCHE BOXSTER.
- Take away 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 is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your PORSCHE BOXSTER, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This technique will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your PORSCHE BOXSTER, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your PORSCHE BOXSTER that are persistent, we advise you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your PORSCHE BOXSTER
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical process of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system complete. 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 follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your PORSCHE BOXSTER (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 little bit.
- Once this first step is conducted 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 PORSCHE BOXSTER.
- 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 PORSCHE BOXSTER
Finally, to finish our document, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on PORSCHE BOXSTER 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 PORSCHE BOXSTER every year.
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