2003 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF engine coolant

Keywords Booklet
Warning/Indicator Lights
- Engine Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1
- Engine Coolant Temperature ...................... 3.1
-Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Warning/indicator lights
-Air bag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Brake ......................................... 3.1
- Coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Front brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 1
- Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1
-High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Malfunction indicator

AND
14 -Engine coolant
temperature /level
This light illuminates for a few seconds just as a functional check when you switch on
the ignition .
Move the vehicle a safe dis­
tance off the road, stop the en­gine, depress the emergency flasher
switch, turn off the engine and let it cool down.
ING AND
in this
booklet and chapter Booklet 3.2.
ment. Wait until no steam or cool­ant can be seen or heard before carefully opening the hood.

Gearshift lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Generato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glove box light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glove Box
-Light 49
Glow plugs indicator light . . . . . . . . 16
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Head Restra ints
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
............. See also Booklet 2. 1
H eadlight
- Dimmer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlight dimmer switch lever . . . 45
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated - Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-Mirrors .................. .. 51 - Passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-Window ................... 43
Heated driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . .
51
Heated passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 44
Heat ing ...................... . 72
Heat ing interior quickly . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heating system
.................. . .............. S ee
opening . . . . . See B ook let 3.2
Hooks
........................ 64
Tie-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Horn .
.......................... 3
............. See also Book le t 2.1 How to use the air conditioning
more economically
........... 77
How to use this Manual . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
- Key safety interlock . . . . .
..................... 98 key safety interloc k . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
size of luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Electronic power control . . . . . 16
- Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Engine coolant temperature . .
-Engine coolant temperature level ....................... - Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Front brake pads worn . . . . . . . 22
-Fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . 23

AND
Engine
at the
factory with a permanent coolant which
does not need
to be changed. The coolant
consists of a mixture of water and the ma­
nufacturer's coolant additive
G 12 ABO -antifreeze on a glycol base with anti-corro­
sion additives
models). This mixture assures the necessa­
ry frost protection
and protects com­
ponents in the engine's cooling system
from corrosion and scaling.
to antifreeze protec­
tion and cooling efficiency .
For year-round driving, antifreeze is added at
the factory for temperatures down to:
ditives (for example G 11 ).
You can recognize G12 ABO in the
expansion tank by its red color.
AND FILLING

AND
Adding
Turn off the engine and
in an emergency, water can be add­
the correct ratio between water and an­tifreeze (see previous page) must be re­
sto red as soo n as
a considerable amount of
add
Do not
Antifreeze is poisonous. Always store antifreeze in its original con­tainer and
Drained coolant should not be reused. Always dispose of used coolant observing
radiator fan is con tr olled by
thermoswitches that switch on and off de­
pend ing on
and engine compart­
ment temperatures.
44 -----------------

Windshield washer
container
The washer containe r is on the right side of the engine compart­
ment. cap­
see illustration.
Th e
contain er for the was h­
ers system
ters) .
Th e washe r
contain e r in th e engine
compartment
the
to the top.
not adequate for the add a
during th e seaso n even thoug h the ve­may be equipped with heated*
washer jets. to kee p your wind­
from
freezing in the winter.
Do not use engine coolant anti­
freeze or any other solution that can damage the vehicle paint_
t h e dir ections on th e can for the cor­
rect am ount to be used.
After
th e con tainer, press the cap onto
the
need and the
washer system*. your a uth orized