coolant level Seat Ibiza ST 2009 User Guide

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Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Technical Data
Checking the coolant level and topping up

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 179.
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 below the “MIN” mark, top up with coolant.
To p p i n g u p c o o l a n t
–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 234.
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 putting in 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 179.•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. 124 In the engine
compartment: Coolant
expansion tank cap
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Caution•If you notice a change in the colour of the liquid because it has been in
use for a long time, it is re commended to change it, as it will have lost some
of its properties and could cause damage to the vehicle.•If a lot of liquid 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 special-
ised workshop immediately and have the cooling system checked. Other-
wise, 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 washers are supplied with fluid
from the windscreen washer fluid container in the engine compartment. The
container holds approx. 2 litres; in vehicles with headlight 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 th e 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 179.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. 125 In the engine
compartment: Cap of
windscreen washer fluid
reservoir.
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Technical Data
234Technical 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
Vehicle 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 179. Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical data as of
⇒page 229.
Note
The layout of parts may vary depending on the engine.
Fig. 163 Diagram for the
location of the various
elements
A1A2A3A4A5A6
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Index
242Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Locking system for involuntary unlocking . . 72
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Central locking button locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Changing bulbs interior light and front reading lights . . . . 221
Changing double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . 214 dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
main beam and side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Changing gear in Tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Changing rear lights on the rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
on the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Changing single headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 216 turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Changing the bulbs Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Side turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Changing the single headlight bulbs
dipped/main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 189
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 193
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
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
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Child seats on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cleaning alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning steel wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Climatronic automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cloth seat covers cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coming home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Control
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186, 187
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Coolant level warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Coolant temperature Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . 12
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cruise control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Index243
DDanger of fitting a child seat on the front passenger
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dash panel cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Diesel engine Winter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Diesel engine particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Doors Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive wheels traction control system . . . . . . . . 152 Driveshaft differential
XDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
EEconomical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electro-hydraulic steering warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Electronic Stability Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Emission control system warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Engine
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 179
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engine fault warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engine management warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Environmental tip Avoiding pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
See also Electronic Stability Programme . . 131
Exhaust gas purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
FFabric trim cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
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