How To Disinfect Your Car Air Conditioning

Smelly cars are not nice.

Smoker’s cars combined with smelly are almost impossible to fix.

But if your car has just been sitting around locked up for a while, it will no doubt become a little musty.

Some cars just have a “manufacturer’s smell” about them.

What??

When you’ve been around as many cars as I have, believe it or not, you can recognise some cars just have a particular smell about them.

These cars include Holden Astra/Vectra, Mitsubishi Magna and Mazda Astina just to name a few.

It’s uncanny really.

Some ways to make your car to smell a lot better.

The AC ducting and system is one quick and easy place to start.

Now it is not just a matter of putting a spray in there and turning it on.

The selection of anti-bacterial spray is important.

If you go to AutoBarn or Repco, there are some specifically made products made for this purpose.

Or you van get them online – but they are north of $50 a can.

Which I think is too expensive.

In the past I have used good old Glenn 20 or the equivalent sprays you can get at the supermarket.

But recently I have discovered a quite potent product you should be able to get for under $20 that is excellent for this purpose.

It’s a full size can but its spray is thick and only lasts about 25 seconds in total.

It is made by AutoSmart and is called “odour eliminator”.

The method of getting the maximum benefit for cleaning your AC ducts is as the the video.

The recirculation air intake vent is nearly universally in the passenger side footwell.

When running the AC at full blast in recirc mode, spray whatever you are using around this area to be sucked into the system.

Something the video does not mention is to repeat the same process with the AC on full heating mode after doing the cooling mode.

The end of the video also shows you how to do the clean through the external air intake.

I always do this on heat also.

Follow the instructions, and you will have a MUCH better smelling car.

Of course, do a usual clean including a shampoo and vacuum of the carpets.

If you’re fussy, you may consider taking the seats out to do a proper job.

Good idea – BUT – make sure you do this with no power and all possible capacitors drained.

This is so you don’t activate the airbag activation sensors.

To do this, put your lights on high beam, then disconnect the negative terminal of the battery.

This will drain all the charge in the system.

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