Air conditioning is one of the main important features on recent cars. Although it was before restricted to high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. Nevertheless, this expensive and complex unit necessitates special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is absolutely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Skoda Kamiq. This is exactly what we will show you in more detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Skoda Kamiq, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Skoda Kamiq.
How to clean my Skoda Kamiq air conditioning
Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Skoda Kamiq. The only method to conduct a total cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning generates loads of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will activate the creation of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two solutions to get this done, here they are
Clean the air conditioning circuit of your Skoda Kamiq in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The method is quite simple, nevertheless, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Skoda Kamiq.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Put in the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, 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 Skoda Kamiq, 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 Skoda Kamiq, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Skoda Kamiq that are persistent, we advise you to practice the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Skoda Kamiq
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Now let’s move on to the more significant process 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 distinct. Here is the procedure to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Skoda Kamiq (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 shut down for 5 minutes.
- 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 established under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Skoda Kamiq.
- 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 Skoda Kamiq
Finally, to conclude our document, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Skoda Kamiq 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 Skoda Kamiq every year.
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