Air conditioning is one of the main important features on recent cars. Despite the fact it was historically available to high-end versions, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of automobiles. Nevertheless, this pricey and sophisticated unit 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 Renault Megane 3. This is exactly what we will teach you in detail in this article content. First we will take a look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Renault Megane 3, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Renault Megane 3.
How to clean my Renault Megane 3 air conditioning
Let’s commence our article content with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Renault Megane 3. The only method to carry out a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in reality, your air conditioning generates loads of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will help the creation of germs and bacteria of all kinds. 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 Renault Megane 3 in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The technique is very easy, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Renault Megane 3.
- Take off the cabin filter.
- Install 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 shut down, push the button on the bomb to empty it little by little and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Renault Megane 3, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This solution will allow you to very fast clean the air-conditioning system of your Renault Megane 3, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Renault Megane 3 that are persistent, we recommend you to apply the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Renault Megane 3
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Now let’s move on to the more significant method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit complete. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Take off your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Renault Megane 3 (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 shut down for 5 minutes.
- Once this first step is achieved 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Renault Megane 3.
- 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 Renault Megane 3
Finally, to end our article content, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Renault Megane 3 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 Renault Megane 3 every year.
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