Air conditioning is one of the most asked features on modern cars. Nevertheless it was in past times available to high-end varieties, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. Nevertheless, this costly and complex mechanism needs special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Toyota Rav 4. This is specifically what we will show you in more detail in this article. First we will take a look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Toyota Rav 4, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Toyota Rav 4.
How to clean my Toyota Rav 4 air conditioning
Let’s commence our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Toyota Rav 4. The only option to carry out a complete cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will help the expansion of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two solutions to do this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Toyota Rav 4 in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The method is very simple, even so, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Toyota Rav 4.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Set up 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, 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 Toyota Rav 4, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This procedure will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Toyota Rav 4, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Toyota Rav 4 that are persistent, we encourage you to apply the second technique.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Toyota Rav 4
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical technique of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system in depth. 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 procedure to follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Toyota Rav 4 (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 Five minutes.
- Once this first part is performed 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 Toyota Rav 4.
- 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 Toyota Rav 4
Finally, to end our article, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Toyota Rav 4 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 Toyota Rav 4 every year.
If you wish more guides on the Toyota Rav 4, go to our Toyota Rav 4 category.
