Important Operation Tips For The Air Conditioning - Mitsubishi MOTORS Colt 2007 Owner's Manual

For pleasant driving
Important operation tips for the air
conditioning
● Park the vehicle in the shade.
Parking in hot sun will make the inside of the vehicle
extremely hot, and it will require more to cool the interior.
If it is necessary to park in the sun, open the windows for
the first few minutes of the air conditioning operation to
expel the hot air.
● Close the windows while the air conditioning is in use.
The entry of outside air through open windows will
reduce the cooling efficiency.
● Too much cooling is not good for health. The inside air
temperature should only be 5 to 6 °C below the outside air
temperature.
● When operating the system, make sure the air intake,
located in front of the windscreen, is free of obstructions
such as leaves and snow. Leaves collected in the air-intake
5 plenum may reduce air flow and plug the plenum water
drains.
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Air conditioning system refrigerant and
lubricant recommendations
If the air conditioning seems less effective than usual, the cause
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might be a refrigerant leak. We recommend that you have the
system inspected.
The air conditioning system in your vehicle must be charged
with the refrigerant HFC-134a and the lubricant ND-OIL8.
Use of any other refrigerant or lubricant will cause severe dam-
age, resulting in the need to replace your vehicle's entire air
conditioning system. The release of refrigerant into the atmos-
phere should be prevented.
It is recommended that the refrigerant be recovered and recy-
cled for further use.
During a long period of disuse
The air conditioning should be operated for at least five min-
utes each week, even in cold weather. This is to prevent poor
lubrication of the internal parts of the compressor and to main-
tain the air conditioning in the best operating condition.