Air conditioning is one of the most interesting options on newer cars. Despite the fact it was in past times available to high-end models, it has nowadays been democratized for the vast majority of automobiles. However, this pricey and complex device needs special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is totally important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Caddy. This is specifically what we will explain in more detail in this document. First we will look in detail at the technique to clean the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Caddy, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Caddy.
How to clean my Volkswagen Caddy air conditioning
Let’s start our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Volkswagen Caddy. The only technique to do a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, actually, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stay in the circuit and will activate the development 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
Service the air conditioning circuit of your Volkswagen Caddy in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can very easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The method is quite easy, nevertheless, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Volkswagen Caddy.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Set up 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 closed, press 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 Volkswagen Caddy, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This technique will allow you to rather quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Volkswagen Caddy, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Volkswagen Caddy that are persistent, we encourage you to practice the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Volkswagen Caddy
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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 different. Here is the process to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Volkswagen Caddy (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 step is completed 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Volkswagen Caddy.
- 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 Volkswagen Caddy
Finally, to finish our document, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Volkswagen Caddy 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 Volkswagen Caddy every year.
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