2008 Seat Alhambra engine coolant

Checking and refilling levels217
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Caution
•
Other additives may give considerably inferior corrosion protection. The
resulting corrosion in the cooling system can lead to a loss of coolant,
causing serious damage to the engine.
•
The coolant additive G 12+ (purple) can be mixed with the additive G 12
(red) or G 11. Never mix G12 (red colour) with G 11.
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 209. 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.
To p p i n g u p c o o l a n t
–Only use new coolant.
– 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 diagram ⇒page 262.
Make sure that the coolant meets the required specifications ⇒page 216.
Do not use a different type of additive if coolant additive G 12+, is not avail-
able. 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
⇒ page 216.
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.
Fig. 143 In the engine
compartment: Coolant
expansion tank cap
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Checking and refilling levels
218The coolant additive G 12+ (dyed purple) may be mixed with G 12 (dyed red)
and also with G 11.
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 209.
•
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.Caution
•
When mixed with other additives the colour of G 12 will change to brown.
If this occurs you should have the coolant changed immediately. Failure to do
so will result in engine damage!
•
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 bladesTo p p i n g u p w a s h e r f l u i d

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 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.
Fig. 144 In the engine
compartment: Cap of
windscreen washer fluid
reservoir.
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Technical Data
262Te c h n i c a l D a t aChecking fluid levelsFrom time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the
vehicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids, to do
so may cause serious damage to the engine.
Engine oil dipstick
Oil filler neck
Brake fluid reservoir
Vehicle battery (underneath a cover)
Coolant temperature deposit
Windscreen washer fluid reservoir
The checking and replenishment of the service fluids are carried out on the
components mentioned above. These operations are described in the
⇒ page 209. Overview
Further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the technical data are
contained as of
⇒page 257.
Fig. 177 Diagram for the
location of the various
elements
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Index285
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Second cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Coming Home function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cool box cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 217
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Coolant level warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Coolant Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Coolant temperature Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling and heating box Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Notes on usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Correct adjustment of front head restraints . . . . 12
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
DDaylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Deadlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Diagram of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Diesel engineWinter driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Diesel engine particulate filter* . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Diesel particulate filter warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Differential lock fault (EDL) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Disabling airbag front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Disabling front and side passenger airbag Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Disabling frontal airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Display
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Door open display warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 92
Drink holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driving Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Economically / With Respect for the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190, 192
With four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Duplicate keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . 109, 110
EEconomical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
EDS Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Electric consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 149
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286Electric windows
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
one-touch closing and opening . . . . . . . . . 102
roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Electrical accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Electrical windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Electronic differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Electronic stabilisation program . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Electronic stabilisation programme . . . . . . . . . . 74 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 183
Electronic stabilisation programme (ESP) warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Engine Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine compartment Working in the engine compartment . . . . . 209
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine fault indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine hood See Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Engine management Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Checking level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Topping up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Engine oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil pressure Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine oil temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Environmental friendliness . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Environmentally friendly driving . . . . . . . . . . . 187
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 182 warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Exhaust gas indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 196
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
FFastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 144
Fastening seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fault in the exhaust system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fault messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Faults in operation of air conditioning . . . . . . 158
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Foot brake
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Front passenger airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Front seats adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fuel Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fuel level Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 See also Fuel reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fuel tank cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Fuel: save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Fuse box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
GG 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reverse gear
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Risk of front passenger seat airbag for a rear facing child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RME fuel (biodiesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 149 saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Running in Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Running in tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructions Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Safety notes
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling front and side passenger airbag . 44
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Saving fuel roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat belt position Pregnant women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Detachable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Incorrectly fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
one buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
With two buckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat belts protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Seat layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Folding backrest forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Lifting seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Securing load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sitting position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sliding/tilting sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 261 Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Spare wheel Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Starting a petrol engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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