Seat Leon Sportstourer 2020 Workshop Manual

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Integral wheel trim Fig. 40
Remove the wheel cover. The wheel covers must be removed for ac-
cess t
o the wheel nuts.
R
emoving

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Loosening wheel nuts Fig. 43
Wheel change: loosen the wheel nuts. Fig. 44
Wheel change: tyre valve 1 and the
corr ect position f
or the anti-theft wheel locking
bolt 2 or
3 .
Use only the wheel wrench belonging to the
car t
o l

oosen the wheel nuts.
Loosen the wheel nuts only about one turn
before raising the vehicle with the jack. If the wheel bolt is very tight, carefully push
on the end of the wheel wrench with your
f

oot. Hold on to the vehicle for support and
take care not to slip during this operation.
Loosening wheel nuts

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Raise the vehicle Fig. 45
Jack position points. Fig. 46
Cross member: positioning the jack on
the v ehicl
e.

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Taking off the wheel

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Changing the windscreen
wiper bl ades
Wiper service position Fig. 47
Wipers in service position. Ensure that the wiper blades are not frozen.
The wiper arms can be r
aised when the wip-
ers ar
e in service position ››› Fig. 47
.

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Jump start: description Fig. 49
Diagram of connections for vehicles
without St art
-Stop system. Fig. 50
Diagram of connections for vehicles
with St art

-Stop system. Jump lead terminal connections
Swit

ch off the ignition of both vehicles
››› .
1. Connect one end of the r
ed

jump lead to
the positive + terminal of the vehicle
with the fl at batt
ery A
› ›
› Fig. 49
.
Connect the other end of the red jump
lead to the positive terminal + in the ve-
hicl e pr

oviding assistance B .
In v ehicl
es without a Start-Stop system:
connect one end of the black jump lead
to the negative terminal – of the vehicle
pr o

viding the current B
› ›
› Fig. 49
.
In vehicles with a Start-stop system:
connect one end of the black jump lead X to a suitable ground terminal, to a sol-
id piece of met al in the engine bl

ock, or
to the engine block itself ››› Fig. 50
.
Connect the other end of the black jump
lead X to a solid metal component bol-
t ed t

o the engine block or to the engine
block itself of the vehicle with the flat
battery. Do not connect it to a point near
the battery A .
P osition the l

eads in such a way that
they cannot come into contact with any
moving parts in the engine compart-
ment.
Starting Start the engine of the vehicle with the
boosting battery and let it run at idling
speed.
2.
3.
4a.
4b.
5.
6.
7.
Start the engine of the vehicle with the
flat batt

ery and wait for 2 or 3 minutes
until the engine is running.
Removing the jump leads Before you remove the jump leads,
switch off the dipped beam headlights if
they are switched on.
Turn on the heater blower and heated
rear window in the vehicle with the flat
battery. This helps minimise voltage
peaks which are generated when the
leads are disconnected.
When the engine is running, disconnect
the leads in reverse order to the details
given above.
Make sure the battery clamps have sufficient
metal-to-metal contact with the battery ter-
minals.
If the engine fails to start after about 10 sec-
onds, switch off the starter and try again after
about 1 minute. WARNING

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(12V) and approximately the same capaci-
t
y (see imprint on batt
ery). Failure to com-
ply could result in an explosion.

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