coolant level Seat Ibiza SC 2009 User Guide

Checking and refilling levels
184Checking the coolant level and topping up
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The correct coolant level is important for fault-free func-
tioning of the engine cooling system.Before opening the bonnet, read and observe the warnings ⇒ in
“Safety instructions on working in the engine compartment” on
page 176.
Opening the coolant expansion tank
– Switch off the engine and allow it to cool.
– To prevent scalding, cover the cap on the expansion tank with a
thick cloth and carefully unscrew the cap ⇒.
Checking coolant level
– Look into the open coolant expansion tank and read off the coolant level. – If the level is underneath the “MIN” mark, top up with coolant.
Topping up coolant
–Only use new
coolant liquid.
– Do not fill above the “MAX” mark.
Closing the coolant expansion tank
– Screw the cap on again tightly.
The position of the coolant expansion reservoir is shown in the corresponding
engine compartment illustration ⇒ page 230.
Ensure the coolant conforms to the required specifications. Do not use a
different type of additive if coolant additive G 12++ is not available. In this
case use only water and bring the coolant concentration back up to the
correct level as soon as possible by topping up with the specified additive.
Always top up with new coolant.
Do not fill above the “MAX” mark. Otherwise the excess coolant will be forced
out of the cooling system when the engine is hot.
The additive G 12++ can be mixed with the G 12+ in any proportion.
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the engine must be
carried out cautiously.•When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒page 176.•When the engine is warm or hot, the cooling system is pressurised! Do
not unscrew the cap on the expansion tank when the engine is hot. This is
a burn injury risk.
Fig. 116 In the engine
compartment: Coolant
expansion tank cap
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Safety First
Controls and equipment
Practical tips
Technical Data
Caution
•If you notice a change in the colour of the liquid because it has been in
use for a long time, it should be changed, as it will have lost some of its prop-
erties and could cause damage to the vehicle.•If a lot of coolant has been lost, wait for the engine to cool down before
putting in cold coolant. This avoids damaging the engine. Large coolant
losses are an indication of leaks in the cooling system. See a specialised
workshop immediately and have the cooling system checked. Otherwise,
there is a risk of engine damage.Washer fluid and windscreen wiper bladesTopping up washer fluid

The water for cleaning the windscreen should always be
mixed with washer fluid.
The windscreen washer and the headlight washing system are supplied with
fluid from the windscreen washer fluid container in the engine compartment.
The container holds approx. 2 litres; in vehicles with headlamp washers* it
holds approx. 4.5 litres.
The reservoir is located on the right-hand side of the engine compartment.
Plain water is not enough to clean the windscreen and headlights. We recom-
mend that you always add a product to the windscreen washer fluid.
Approved windscreen cleaning products exist on the market with high deter-
gent and anti-freeze properties, these may be added all-year-round. Please
follow the dilution instructions on the packaging.
WARNING
Any work carried out in the engine compartment or on the engine must be
carried out cautiously.•When working in the engine compartment, always observe the safety
warnings ⇒page 176.Caution
•Never put radiator anti-freeze or other additives into the windscreen
washer fluid.•Always use approved windscreen cleansing products diluted as per
instructions. If you use other washer fluids or soap solutions, the tiny holes
in the fan-shaped nozzles could become blocked.
Fig. 117 In the engine
compartment: Cap of
windscreen washer fluid
reservoir.
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Technical Data
230Technical DataChecking fluid levelsFrom time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the
vehicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids,
otherwise serious damage to the engine may be caused.
Coolant expansion tank
Engine oil dipstick.
Engine oil filler cap
Brake fluid reservoir
Battery
Windscreen washer fluid container
The checking and refilling of service fluids are carried out on the components
mentioned above. These operations are described in the ⇒page 176. Overview
Further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the technical data are
contained as of
⇒page 225.
Note
The layout of parts may vary depending on the engine.
Fig. 155 Diagram for the
location of the various
elements
A1A2A3A4A5A6
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Index
248Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Changing bulbs on rear lights . . . . . . . . . 215, 216
Changing double headlight lamps dipped headlights and side lights . . . . . . . 211
main headlights and side lights . . . . . . . . 212
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Changing gear in Tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing lamps interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . 217
Changing the lamps Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210, 212
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Side indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Changing the main headlight lamps turn signal lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Changing the single headlight lamps dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 186
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 190
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Control wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Controls
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 184
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 12
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Cruise control system Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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Index249
Diesel engine
Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Disabling front passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Disabling the airbag Disabling front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . 36
Displays in the Multi-function display Memory displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Disposal Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Doors warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 148
Driveshaft differential XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Economically / With Respect for the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
EEconomical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
EDS
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electrical power points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Electrohydraulic steering warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 60 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 176
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Engine fault
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 149
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Fog lights with cornering function . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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