1990 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER ignition

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I - Tachometer*
"he red shaded area at the end of the scale indicates the maximum permissible
engine rpm (revolutions per minute) for all gears after the break-in period. Before
'eaching this area, the next higher gear
snould be selected or the foot eased off
the accelerator pedal. Earlier shifting saves fuel and reduces noise.
Sniff to the next lower gear when the en-
; ne rpm drops below 1500 rpm.
~ne green shaded area on the scale snows the speed at which the engine is de-
•
eloping its most favourable torque.
3 - Normal clock*

~J
set the clock, depress the knob in the : al center and
turn.
4 - Coolant temperature
gauge X
tare applicable The needle in the coolant temperature
gauge will indicate the temperature of the
coolant shortly after the ignition is
switched on.
When ignition is switched on the warning light (c) will flash for a few seconds as a
functional check.
a - Engine cold
Avoid high engine speeds and heavy throt­ tle when the needle is still in this area of
the
dial.

b - Normal temperature During normal running the needle will re­
main somewhere in the middle of the
dial.
If the engine is working hard at hign a--
bient temperatures, the needle may as:
go further to the right, but this is no cause
for concern so long as the coolant
tem­
perature warning light does not start

flashing.

c - Warning light If the light flashes when driving first check
the coolant temperature gauge. If the nee­
dle is in the normal range, add coolant at the next opportunity. If the needle is in the warn­
ing range, either the coolant level is too low
or the coolant temperature is too high. Move the vehicle a safe distance off the

road,
stop the engine and depress the
emergency flasher switch.
The fan should be operating when the warning light is on (listen for fan, located in
front of car behind grille).
WARNING • To reduce the risk of being burned,
never open the hood if you see or hear
steam or coolant escaping from the
engine compartment. Wait until no
steam or coolant can be seen or heard
before carefully opening the hood.


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AND
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WARNING continned •
The
engine compartment
of any

motor vehicle
is a
potentially hazard­
ous
area.
Before you check anything in the engine compartment, stop
the

engine and
let it
cool down. Always
exercise extreme caution when work­
ing
one the
engine. Heed
all of the

WARNINGS on page
97.

Reduce the risk
of
scalding from
hot

coolant by following these steps.
• If the coolant reservoir cap must be
removed, wait until
the
engine
has

cooled down.
• Protect face, hands
and
arms
by

covering
the cap
with
a
large, thick
rag
to
protect against escaping fluid
and
steam.

• Carefully and slowly
turn
cap
one

turn
to
allow excess pressure
to es­
cape before completely removing

cap.

•
To
help avoid being burned,
do not

spill
antifreeze
or
coolant
on the ex­

haust system
or hot
engine parts.
Under
some conditions, the ethylene
glycol
in
engine coolant
is
combusti­
ble.
If a
visual check shows that coolant level
and V-belt
are
normal,
but the
warning light continues to
flash,
contact
your
near­
est dealer
to
have
the
cause located
and

corrected.
For more details see "Cooling system"
on

page 104.

If the
coolant gauge needle nears
the

upper end
of
the scale and the engine ap­
pears
to be
overheating,
turn
off the air

conditioner.
Do
not
install accessories
(fog
lights
or
in­
sect screens,
for
example)
on top of the

front
bumper.
They
may
restrict engine
cooling.
5
-
Fuel gauge
The needle
in
the fuel gauge will indicate the fuel level
in the
tank shortly after
the
ignition is switched on.
The fuel tank capacity is
16
gal/60
(syncro
18.5/70)
liters.
When
the
needle reaches the
red
area
at
the bottom there
is a
reserve
of
about 2.6 U.S. gal.
or
10 liters
of
fuel left in the tank.
Time to refuel.


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I CONTROLSAND EQUIPMENT
WARNING If the brake warning
light
does not go
out
with
the engine running and the parking brake released or lights up
while driving, the fluid level
in
the brake
fluid reservoir may
be
too low.
This might be
due
to
a
leak in one of the two independently functioning brake circuits.
If the brake pedal travel has increased,
one of the brake circuits may have

failed.
Avoid driving the vehicle and have it towed to the nearest Volkswa­
gen dealer or qualified workshop for re­ pair.
If brake pedal travel has not increased

and
braking performance remains un­
impaired,
proceed carefully to
your

nearest Volkswagen dealer or qualified
workshop to have the braking system inspected and corrected.

For detailed information see
"Brakes" on

page 29. 2-
Safety belt
|
A
FASTEN
BELTS

Refer
to
"Safety belts"
on
page
14 for

details.

3
-
Turn
signals E^

Refer
to
"Turn
signal/headlight dimmer
switch lever" on page 49 for details.
4
- Alternator

This
light comes
on
when
the
ignition
is
turned on and goes out after the engine
is
started.
If the
light does
not go out
after

starting
and
revving-up
the
engine
momentarily
or
lights
up
while driving,
there may be a malfunction
in
the electrical system
or
the V-belt
to
the alternator may be loose
or
broken.

In
this
case,
turn
the engine off and

contact
your
Volkswagen dealer.

5
- For additional
light

6
- For additional
light
7
- Engine Oil pressure

When
the
ignition
is
turned
on, the oil
pressure warning light comes on for a bulb

check.
It
should
go out
after
the
engine
has
started.

If the
warning light does
not go out or

flashes
while driving
(above
2000
engine rpm a buzzer
will
sound simultaneously),
it

indicates,
that the oil pressure is too low.

Stop the engine immediately, check the
engine
oil
level
and add
oil, if necessary.
If engine oil level is normal, but the
light

continues to flash, do not continue to
operate the vehicle. This could damage
the engine.

Turn
the engine off and contact the nearest Volkswagen dealer for assistance.

The oil pressure warning
light
is not an indicator for low engine oil level. To

check
the oil level, always use dipstick
(see page 99).

Make
it a habit to have the engine oil
level checked
with
every
fuel filling.


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SWITCHES
3 4 5

page
1 - Lights

1
-
Lights
46

2
-
Instrument illumination
46

3
-
Emergency flasher
46

4
-
Rear window defogger
47
5
- For
additional switch Depress
the
rocker switch
to the
first stop
to turn
on the
parking, side marker, license
plate,
tail
and
instrument panel lights. Depress
the
switch
to the
second stop
to

turn
on the
headlights (ignition
on).

To conserve battery power,
the
headlights will
go out
automatically when
the
ignition is turned
off or
when
the
engine
is
started.

Headlight dimmer and
headlight flasher see
page
48. 2 - InstrumeriL illumination

Turn
the
thumb wheel below rocker switch
to adjust
the
brightness
of
instrument

lights.

3 - Emergency
flasher

The emergency flasher works indepen­ dently
of the
ignition switch position.
If your vehicle
is
disabled
or
parked under
emergency conditions, depress the switch
to make
all
four turn signals flash simul­
taneously.
The
warning light
in the
rocker
switch flashes,
too.

WARNING
Move the vehicle a safe distance off the
road when stalled or stopped for
repairs. Do not park or operate the
vehicle in areas where the hot exhaust system may come in contact with dry
grass, brush, fuel spill or other material
which can cause a fire.

46


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-Rear
window Trm defogger* I I1*

__e
rear window defogger works only
with

re ignition on.

_-e
rear window defogger - together :i the flow through ventilation - will
••= o to keep the inside of the rear window
: ear of condensation and frost.

~~e
rear window defogger is not designed

Of
melting snow. Therefore, always re-
_:ve heavy snow and ice accumulations
refore driving off.

Zepress
the switch to
turn
on the rear * ndow defogger.
~ie control
light
in the switch will
light
• to remind you
that
the defogger is
switched on. After the rear window has

ceen
cleared, switch off the rear window :efogger to avoid unnecessary drain
:i the battery.
By saving electricity, you save fuel. See

aso
page 72.
Vhen
the rear window defogger is
i.vitched on, the outside mirrors
with

;!ectric remote control* are electrically
bated at the same time (see page 13).
Electrically
heated seat*
With ignition on, the backrest and seat
cushion
of the driver's seat can be heated
electrically.
The heating element can be regulated and turned on and off
with
the thumbwheel switch behind the steering wheel.
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TURN SIGNAL / HEADLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH LEVER
Turn signals
The turn signal indicator light flashes when you operate the lever (ignition on).
Lever up - right turn signal
Lever down - left turn signal
The turn signals are cancelled automatic­ ally when you have completed a turn (for
example when turning a corner), and the
steering wheel returns to the straight-
ahead position.
If a turn signal fails, the indicator light
flashes about twice as fast. A light bulb may have to be replaced. Headlight dimmer
With headlights on (light switch in second
stop),
you can switch to either high or low beam by pulling the lever toward the steer­ing wheel past the point of resistance.
When high beam is on, the indicator light will light up.
Headlight flasher
With headlights on or off, you can signal with your headlights (in lieu of horn), by repeatedly pulling the lever just up to the
point of resistance.
Lane changer
Move the lever up or down just to the point
of resistance - the indicator light must also flash at the same time. The lever will
return to the OFF position when released.
The lever will return to the OFF position when released.


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I
CONTROLS AND
EQUIPMENT

CRUISE
CONTROL*

JB33-509

The cruise control allows you
to
maintain a constant cruising speed above
22 mph
35
km/h),
without
actuating
the ac­

celerator pedal.

Any
manual operation, such
as
acceler­ ating, gearshifting
or
braking can be done independently
of
the cruise control.
The cruise control
is
operated
with
sliding
button
A
and pressure
button
B
positioned
at the end
of
the
turn
signal/headlight dim­ mer switch lever.
WARNING

•
To help keep the vehicle under
con­

trol do not use the cruise control when driving on winding or slippery
roads,
in heavy or in varying traffic.

•
Do not
use
the
Resume
feature when
the previously set speed is too fast for the existing traffic
conditions.

Sliding
button
A to
position
ON
actuates
the cruise control system.

Accelerate
to the
desired speed
and de­
press
button
B
(SET).
This sets
the
cruis­ing speed and stores
it in a
memory. The

foot
can then
be
taken
off the
accelerator
pedal.

With
button
B, the programmed speed can
also
be
increased. When
the
button
is
de­
pressed,
the
vehicle accelerates
until
the

knob
is
released.

If
you accelerate
- for
example when
pas­

sing
- the
previously programmed speed
will
be
resumed automatically after the ac­ celerator pedal
is
released.
When the cruise control is switched on,

do
not shift into Neutral without de­

clutching!
The engine
will
rev up imme­
diately and may
possibly
be damaged.

The cruise control
is
temporarily disen­ gaged when brake
or
clutch pedal
is de­
pressed
or
when
the
road speed drops
considerably below programmed
speed,

for example when driving uphill.

To
re-engage the system, slide
button
A to
RES
(Resume) and
the
vehicle will auto­
matically accelerate
to the
previously
programmed
speed.

A
programmed speed can
be
completely
erased
from the memory
of
the cruise
con­

trol
system
by
sliding
button
A to the
OFF position.
A
programmed speed
is
always

erased
when the ignition
is
switched
off.
WARNING
Do
not remove key from steering lock,
while you are driving or while the vehi­
cle
is rolling to a stop. The steering
wheel
will
lock when you remove the key, and
you
will
not be able to steer the

vehicle.

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WIPER
AND WASHER SYSTEM

The
wiper and washer systems only work when the ignition is on.

Always
loosen blades
frozen
to glass be­

fore
operating
wipers
to
prevent
damage

to the
wiping
system.

Windshield

Brief
wiping

Lift lever to pressure point before position 1.
Low
wiper
speed:

Lever
in position 1.
High
wiper
speed:

Lever
in position 2.

Intermittent
wiping:
Lever
in position 3.

The
wipers operate about once every six
seconds.

Automatic
wiper/washer:
Pull
lever towards steering wheel (position
5) and hold - wipers and washer work.

Release
lever - washer stops and the wip­

ers
carry on for about four
seconds.

Rear
window*

Push
lever to position 4 and release - the
wiper will operate approx. every six
sec­

onds
(intermittent
wiping).

Push
lever again to position 4 and release.

The
wiper stops.

Automatic
wiper/washer:
Push
lever to position 4 and hold - both,
wiper and washer will operate.
*where applicable
Release
lever
- the washer operation stops instantly

and
wiper stops after two or three sweeps.

Wiper
and washer function overrides inter­
mittent
wiping. After releasing lever, inter­

mittent
wiping continues if previously set.

WARNING
• Check
wiper
blades
periodically.

Worn
or
dirty
blades
reduce
visibility,
making
driving
hazardous. Loosen
blades
frozen
to glass
before
operating

wipers.

• Clean all
windows,
windshield
and

wiper
blades
regularly
to
remove
road

film
and
carwash
wax buildup. Use an alcohol base cleaning solution and a sponge or
soft
cloth. Dry glass
with
a
chamois.
• Do not use the
wiper/washer
in
freez­

ing
weather
without
first
warming
the

windshield
with
the
defrosters,
other­

wise
the
washer
solution may
freeze
on
the
windshield
and obscure your vi­
sion.

• Avoid
running
the
wiper
blades
over

a dry
windshield
to
prevent
scratching
the glass. A scratched
windshield
will
reduce
visibility.


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