Air conditioning is by far the most asked specs on recent cars. Even though it was before available to high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for a large proportion of cars. However, this expensive and sophisticated device needs special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is definitely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Volvo XC90. This is exactly what we will show you in detail in this content page. First we will check in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Volvo XC90, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Volvo XC90.
How to clean my Volvo XC90 air conditioning
Let’s commence our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Volvo XC90. The only method to do a total cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in reality, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will help the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two methods to achieve this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Volvo XC90 in the simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The technique is quite easy, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Volvo XC90.
- Take out the cabin filter.
- Put in 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 shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Volvo XC90, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This methodology will allow you to quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Volvo XC90, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Volvo XC90 that are persistent, we encourage you to apply the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Volvo XC90
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Now let’s move on to the more radical technique 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 procedure to follow:
- Take out your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Volvo XC90 (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 Five 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 Volvo XC90.
- 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 Volvo XC90
Finally, to finish our content page, we will give you the main tips to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Volvo XC90 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 Volvo XC90 every year.
If you want more tutorials on the Volvo XC90, go to our Volvo XC90 category.
