2010 Seat Altea refuelling

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Refuelling with LPG
–Before refuelling, stop the engine and switch off the ignition.
–Open the tank flap.
– Before refuelling, please read the instructions on the pump.
– Unscrew the cap of the gas filler neck .
– Screw the required adapter on the gas filler neck .
– Refuel as indicated in the instructions on the pump.
– Unscrew the adapter .
– Screw on the cap of the gas filler neck .
– Close the tank flap.When the hose is removed from the tank, a small amount of LPG may spill out
⇒ . The LPG tank
⇒fig. 159 in the spare wheel well has a capacity of 39 litres. If
the outside temperatures are very low, it may not be possible to completely
fill the LPG tank.
Pump attachments
There are a variety of types of LPG pump, and the methods of use may vary.
Therefore, let the pump operator fill the tank when refuelling for the first time
or fill from another pump.
Noises when refuelling with LPG
When refuelling with LPG, noises may be heard. These noises are insignifi-
cant.
WARNING
Failure to refuel or handle LPG in the correct way could result in a fire, cause
an explosion or lead to injury.•LPG is a highly explosive and inflammable substance. It may cause
severe burns and other injury.•Switch off the engine before refuelling.•Always disconnect mobile phones and any other radiophony appli-
ances, as electromagnetic waves may produce sparks and cause a fire.•Do not remain in the vehicle while refuelling. If it is absolutely neces-
sary to enter the vehicle, close the door and touch a metal surface before
touching the attachment again. This will prevent the generation of static
electricity and any possible fires while refuelling.•Small quantities of LPG may leak out after refuelling. If LPG comes into
contact with skin, there is a risk of freezing.•Do not smoke and always keep bare flames away from the tank during
refuelling. Failure to do so may lead to an explosion.
Fig. 159 LPG tank in
spare wheel well
A1
A2
A1
A2
A1
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Practical tips
Technical Data
Petrol additives
Petrol additives improve the quality of the petrol.The quality of the petrol influences running behaviour, performance and
service life of the engine. For this reason, you should use good quality petrol
containing additives. These additives will help to prevent corrosion, keep the
fuel system clean and prevent deposits from building up in the engine.
If good quality petrol with additives is not available or engine problems occur,
the required additives must be added during refuelling.DieselDiesel*Diesel fuel must correspond to DIN EN 590 (EN = “European standard”). It
must have a cetane number (CN) of at least 51. The cetane number indicates
the ignition quality of the diesel fuel.
Notes on filling with fuel ⇒page 220.Biodiesel*The biodiesel fuel must comply with the DIN EN 14.214 (FAME) Standard.•Biodiesel is a methyl ester obtained from rapeseed oil.•DIN is the German abbreviation for “ Deutsches Institut für N ormung e.V.”,
the German standards institute.•EN means European Norm.•FAME is the English abbreviation for “ Fatty Acid Methyl Ester”. Your Authorised Service Centre can also be consulted to know if the vehicle
has been prepared for biodiesel use.
Things to note about RME fuel (biodiesel)
•The performance of a vehicle using biodiesel maybe somewhat reduced.•Fuel consumption of a vehicle using biodiesel may be slightly higher.•RME fuel is resistant to the cold down to approx. -10°C.•At temperatures below -10°C, we recommend using winter diesel fuel.•Your vehicle is designed to be refuelled with up to a maximum of 7%
blended biodiesel in accordance with standard DIN 51628.Caution
•RME fuel can damage the fuel system in vehicles which are not suitably
adjusted.•If you decide to use biodiesel in your vehicle, please use only RME fuel
which is DIN EN 14,214 compliant.•If you use biodiesel that does not meet the required standard, the fuel
filter could become clogged.Note
•In case of low exterior temperatures and a fuel biodiesel percentage of
higher than 50%, an increase in gas emission may occur during operation of
the independent heating.•The fuel filter may become clogged when fuel is changed to biodiesel. For
this reason, we recommend you that, when having run 300 or 400 km after a
fuel change, the fuel filter change must also be done. Also note the instruc-
tions in the Inspection and Maintenance plan.•If the vehicle is to remain parked for more than about two weeks, we
recommend filling the fuel tank with biodiesel and driving about 50 km in
order to avoid damage to the injection system.
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Index303
head restraints
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
adjustment of the head restraint angle . . . 134
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
head restraints, correct adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 13 In-use and non-use positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Headlight flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlights Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Heated front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Heated window 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
High pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Hill-start aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55IIdentification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Indicators indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Information texts in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Instrument and switch lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior front light, type 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior front light, type 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Intermittent wipe, windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
JJump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275KKeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101LLeather cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
LPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 173, 221
LPG system
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Filler neck adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Level indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 152
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 120 Main beam headlights
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Maintenance airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Manual mode 2C-Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
MEDIA-IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mirrors Exterior mirrors, electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Make-up mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Mobile telephones and radiotelephones . . . . 219
Multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Multi-purpose* mobile stowage compartment 146 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
NNumber of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OObservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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Index
304Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Oil properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
One-touch opening and closing
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Opening and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overview Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77PPaintworkPolishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Parking aid acoustic system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Petrol additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Petrol engines, starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . . . . 21
Plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Plastic parts cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Power steering system
warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Products for vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 209
RRadio frequency remote control Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Radio navigation Steering wheel controls audio + telephone version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
audio version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Radio wave remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rain sensor* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear drink holder* Armrest* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Rear fog light Indication lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Rear reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear shelf Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear window heating Heating element wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Rear window wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Recommended gear display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Registration light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Remote control key
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing and fitting the wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Repairs airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reverse gear Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Roll-back function Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Roof stowage compartment* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Running in Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
SSafe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety instructionsCoolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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