2008 Lancia Thesis coolant

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Battery
Corrosive fluid.
SYMBOLS
Special coloured labels have been
attached near or actually on some of
the components of your THESIS.
These labels bear symbols that
remind you of the precautions to be
taken as regards that particular
component.
A list of the symbols to be found on
your THESIS is given below with the
name of the component to which it
relates at the side of it.
These symbols are divided into the
following four categories: danger,
prohibition, warning and obligation.DANGER SYMBOLS
Battery
Explosion.
Fan
May cut in automatically
even when the engine is
turned off.
Expansion tank
Do not remove the cap
when the coolant is hot.
Coil
High voltage.
Belts and pulleys
Moving parts; keep parts
of the body and clothes
away.
Climate control tubing
Do not open. Gas under
high-pressure.
Front headlights
Danger - Electric shocks.

INSTRUMENT PANEL
PETROL VERSIONS (fig. 101)
A- Engine coolant temperature
gauge with overheating warning
light
B- SpeedometerC- Multifunction display for sym-
bols/messages/failure indications
and CONNECT info repetition
D- Engine rev. counter
E- Fuel gauge and reserve warning
lightF- Flash consumption gauge
G- Warning lights
H- Kilometre counter (and trip
meter) and automatic gearbox
I- Trip meter reset button/failure
messages deleting button
fig. 101L0A0230b
105

106
JTD VERSIONS (fig. 102)
fig. 102L0A0231b
A- Engine coolant temperature
gauge with overheating warning
light
B- SpeedometerC- Multifunction display for sym-
bols/messages/failure indications
and CONNECT info repetition
D- Engine rev. counter
E- Fuel gauge and reserve warning
lightF- Flash consumption gauge
G- Warning lights
H- Kilometre counter (and trip
meter) and automatic gearbox
I- Trip meter reset button/failure
messages deleting button

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fig. 106
L0A0236b
ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERA-
TURE GAUGE WITH OVER-
HEATING WARNING LIGHT
(fig. 105)
This instrument indicates the
engine coolant temperature. It starts
signalling the temperature when this
reaches approximately 50 °C.
The needle should usually be on
middle scale values. reduce your
demand on the engine if the needle
approaches top scale values.The warning light Awill come on
together with message “ENGINE
COOLANT TEMPERATURE
HIGH” on the instrument panel dis-
play to indicate that the coolant
temperature is too hot. In this case,
stop the engine immediately and
contact a Lancia Dealership.
IMPORTANTThe needle may
approach the top scale values if the
engine cooling radiator external part
is obstructed or dirty. In this case,
inspect and remove the obstructions.
Accurately clean the external part of
the radiator as soon as possible.FUEL GAUGE AND RESERVE
WARNING LIGHT (fig. 106)
The fuel reserve warning light A
will come on together with message
“REFUEL” on the instrument panel
display to indicate that there are
approximately 10 litres of fuel in the
tank.
IMPORTANTDo not travel with
the fuel tank almost empty: the gaps
in fuel delivery could damage the
catalyst.
fig. 105
L0A0235b

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Brake pads
Warning light/symbol
d
Message
WORN BRAKE PADS
GO TO DEALERMeaning of the message
Brake pads are wornAction
Contact a Lancia
Dealership
IMPORTANTSince the car is fit-
ted with wear sensors for the front
brake pads, when changing them,
check also the rear brake pads
Engine coolant temperature
Warning light/symbol
u
è
Message
ENGINE COOLANT
TEMPERATURE HIGH
SWITCH OFF ENGINE,
DO NOT PROCEED
ENGINE COOLANT TEM-
PERATURE
SENSOR FAULT
GO TO DEALERMeaning of the message
Indicates excessive engine coolant
temperature
Engine coolant temperature sen-
sor failureAction
Turn the engine off and contact a
Lancia Dealership
Contact
aLancia Dealership
Engine coolant level
Warning light/symbol
n
Message
RADIATOR
LIQUID INSUFFICIENT
SWITCH OFF ENGINE
CHECK THE
HANDBOOKMeaning of the message
Engine coolant level
in reservoir
is near to the min. level
or is below the min. levelAction
Turn the engine off and
top up before restarting following
the instructions given in chapter
“Car maintenance”

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The cooling system uses
coolant “R134a” refriger-
ating fluid that meets cur-
rent regulations and does not
pollute the environment if it acci-
dentally leaks. Under no circum-
stances should other fluids be
used which are incompatible
with the system components. BACK CONTROL PANEL
(fig. 122)
1- Inside temperature adjustment
knob (back-seat passengers)
2- Display for set inside tempera-
ture (back-seat passengers)
3- Fan speed display 4- System status display (AUTO,
FULL AUTO)
5- Button for automatic system
selection (back-seat passengers)
6- Button for rear footwell air
vents
7- Button for fan speed reduction8- Button for fan speed increase
9- Button for air distribution
through front back vents
fig. 122
L0A0101b

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CONTROLS
Knobs for adjusting air tempera-
ture (2, 8 fig. 121 - 1 fig. 122)
Turn the knobs towards the right
or towards the left to raise or lower
the air temperature required respec-
tively in the front left-hand area
(knob2 fig. 121) and in the front
right-hand area (knob 8 fig. 121) or
back area (knob 1 fig. 122) of the
passenger compartment.
Since the system controls three
areas of the passenger compartment,
the driver and the front/back-seat
passengers can select different tem-
perature values with a maximum
difference accepted by the system of
7°
C.
Temperature control in the front
passenger area and in the back pas-
senger area is alternated; when the
button led REARis off, control of
front passenger side is on, but when
buttonREARis pressed (button led
on) the back control panel is activat-
ed.The set temperatures are shown on
the displays set near the respective
knobs.
Press button 16(MONO - fig. 121)
to automatically align the
(front/back) passenger temperature
to the temperature on driver’s side.
Consequently the temperature in the
two areas can be set simply by turn-
ing the knob on the driver side 2
(fig. 121). This function is provided
to facilitate adjusting the temperature
in the passenger compartment when
only the driver is present. The sepa-
rate operation of the set temperatures
and air distribution is automatically
reset when knobs 8 (fig. 121) or1
(fig. 122) are turned or button 16
(MONO - fig. 121) is pressed again,
when the button led is turned on.
Turn the knobs fully to the right or
to the left to the end positions HIor
LO, to obtain maximum heating or
cooling, respectively:–HIfunction (maximum heating):
this is switched on by turning the
temperature knob to the right
beyond the maximum value (32 °C).
It can be independently switched on
from driver’s side or from
(front/back) passenger’s side or
from both sides (also by selecting the
MONOfunction).
This function can be switched on to
speed up heating in the passenger
compartment by exploiting the sys-
tem potential to the maximum. The
function employs the maximum
coolant temperature while the air
distribution and fan speed are set by
the system according to environ-
mental conditions. In particular, if
the coolant temperature is not suffi-
cient, the function does not switch
the fan on at top speed to limit let-
ting into air which is not adequately
warm.
All the manually settings can be
adjusted when the function is on.

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The air let into the passenger com-
partment cannot be cooled when the
compressor is off. Consequently:
– if the outside temperature is
lower than the set temperature, the
system works normally and can
reach and maintain the set tempera-
ture also when the compressor is off;
– if the outside temperature is
higher than the set temperature, the
system cannot reach the required
temperature. This will be signalled
by flashing the external temperature
value on the display.
When the compressor is off, it is
possible to reset manually the fan
speed; on the contrary, when the
compressor is on and the engine is
running, manual ventilation cannot
be lower than the bar indicated on
the display. Button for fast windscreen
demisting/defrosting (15 fig. 121)
Press this button: the climate con-
trol system will automatically switch
on all the functions required for fast
windscreen and side window demist-
ing/defrosting, that is:
– climate control system compres-
sor on;
– air recirculation off (if on);
– maximum air temperature (HI)
on both displays;
– fan speed according to engine
coolant temperature in order to limit
letting cold air into the passenger
compartment for demisting the win-
dows;
– air flow directed to the wind-
screen and front side window vents;
– heated rear window, external
rearview mirror and windscreen noz-
zle resistances on.The fast windscreen demisting/
defrosting function stays on for
approx. 3 minutes after the engine
coolant temperature exceeds 50 °C
(petrol versions) or 35 °C (diesel
versions).
When the fast demisting/defrosting
function is on, the led on the related
button and that on the heated rear
window button are lighted, while
both leds on the air recirculation
button and that on button √turn
off. Message FULL AUTOon the
display will turn off.
Only the fan speed can be adjusted
and the heated rear window can be
switched off when the fast demist-
ing/defrosting function is on.
Press the fast demisting/defrosting
button again or air recirculation
button or compressor off button to
switch the fast demisting/defrosting
function off and reset the previous
system operation conditions as well
as the last set function.