Air-con - Renault cleaner spray

[rhino]

Where do I insert the long tube in order to sort out that damn smell. lol



seriously - how do you use the Renault spray to clean the system?

 

[noel-pilot]

ooh where did you get a renault spray from?! dealer accesory? was plannin on getting one of the halfords ones for 12 quid, the renault ones any better?!

 

[Turkish]

just poke it in an airvent and feed it in, probably the centre face vent will be easiest as it needs to get as close to the heaterbox as poss

 

[rhino]

bought it direct from Renault parts. £13ish + vat.

will let you know if its ok

 

[JAY172]

in the vents and if you remove the pollen filter you can spray it directly on the evaporator as well.

 

[RafChandler]

does this stuff solve tht dodgy smell? Ive noticed that but didnt realise what it was

 

[Turkish]

yup, the smell is bacteria building up in the heater box the spray has an antibacterial agent in it and will kill it off

 

[JAY172]

Quote: Originally posted by RafChandler on 01 August 2004

does this stuff solve tht dodgy smell? Ive noticed that but didnt realise what it was

yep as loony says its bacteria that develops on the evaporator.

 

[RafChandler]

Then surely renault should do this as part of the maintenace schdeule?

 

[JAY172]

its not mentioned on any schedule/service sheet

 

[kradsta]

I got a tin of this stuff a while ago from my local dealer, but it didnt have a tube attached, after deciphering the german (!) instructions on the can, i figured out you had to put the AC on full blast, recirculating, press the top of the can down and put it in the passenger footwell, then close all the doors. The whole can gets discharged into the car over about 5 minutes, then you leave the AC on for another 5 for it to work through the system. It left the car smelling of apples for a few days )) but the dodgy smell came back quite quickly. Do you have a part number for the stuff you got? The spray things sounds miles better, especially sprayed straight onto the evaporator.

Cheers

Crad

 

[JAY172]

thats different to the foam with the tube on the can stuff

 

[rhino]

have the spray in the boot so will post details tomorrow.

very good - has cleared the smell and the air is a lot cleaner.

 

[rhino]

product code - 7701410170 - £13.26 + vat

[Edited by rhino on 04 August 2004 at 8:45am]

 

[Gareth]

can anyone shed some light on where exactly to do this? i.e where and how do you remove the pollen filter??

 

[kradsta]

Rhino - cheers for the part no - ill pick some up.

Gaz2130 - have a look here

http://www.rs-team.org/entretien/entretien.php?p=302http://www.rs-team.org/entretien/entretien.php?p=302

Its some instructions on replacing the pollen filter. Its in french, but the pictures are quite easy to follow, and Google will do a translation that you can just about deceipher.

HTH

Crad