2012 Seat Toledo coolant level

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Checking and refilling levels
Coolant
General notes
The cooling system is factory-filled with an anti-freeze product.
Coolant consists of a mixture of water and 40% anti-freeze additive. This
mixture gives the required anti-freeze protection at temperatures down to
-25 °C (-13 °F) and protects the cooling and heating system against corro-
sion. It also prevents scaling and raises the boiling point of the coolant con-
siderably.
The coolant concentration must not be reduced by adding water, even in
warmer seasons or in warm countries. The concentration of the anti-freeze
additive in the coolant must be at least 40 %.
If greater anti-freeze protection is required in very cold climates, the propor-
tion of the anti-freeze additive can be increased, but only up to 60 % (anti-
freeze protection down to approx. -40 °C (-40 °F)). Any excess in this propor-
tion would reduce the anti-freeze protection and affect the cooling effect.
Vehicles in countries with a cold climate are supplied with coolant protec-
tion down to around -35 °C (-31 °F). The proportion of anti-freeze additive in
these countries should always be at least 50 %.
The type of anti-freeze to be used for topping up is indicated on the coolant
tank cover ⇒ Fig. 119.
Amount of coolant
Petrol enginesTop-up quantity (in litres)1.2 l/55 kW MPI4,21.2 l/63 kW TSI7,01.2 l/77 kW TSI7,01.4 l/90 kW TSI7,0
Diesel enginesTop-up quantity (in litres)1.6 l/77 kW TDI CR6,5
CAUTION
● Anti-freeze that does not correspond to the correct specification may
particularly affect corrosion protection considerably.
● Faults caused by corrosion may lead to coolant leaks. Risk of serious en-
gine faults! 
Checking coolant level
Fig. 119 Engine com-
partment: Coolant tank
The coolant expansion tank is located in the engine compartment
of the vehicle.
– Switch the ignition off.
– Open the bonnet ⇒ page 173.
– Read off the coolant level on coolant expansion tank ⇒ 
Fig. 119.
When the engine is cold, the coolant should be between marks 
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B
(min.) and A (max.). When the engine is hot, it may be
slightly above mark A (max.).
The warning lamp  (red) in the general instrument panel ⇒ page 68, Cool-
ant level and temperature  will appear when the coolant level is too low.
However, we recommend checking the coolant level directly in the tank.
Coolant loss
Any loss of coolant normally indicates a leak. It is not sufficient merely to
top up the coolant. The cooling system should be inspected by an Official
Service without delay.
CAUTION
In the event of a fault that causes the engine to overheat, contact an author-
ised SEAT dealer immediately, as this could damage the engine. 
Topping up coolant
– Switch the ignition off.
– Wait for the engine to cool down.
– Cover the cap on the coolant expansion tank ⇒ Fig. 119 with a
cloth and carefully unscrew the cap.
– Refill the level of coolant.
– Screw the cap on again until it clicks into place.
Do not use a different type of additive if the prescribed anti-freeze additive
is not available, in the event of an emergency. In this case, use only water
and bring the coolant concentration back up to the correct level as soon as
possible at an Official Service. Always top up with unused coolant.
Never fill the coolant tank above mark
A
(max.) ⇒ Fig. 119 Excess coolant
is forced out of the cooling system through the overpressure valve in the fill-
er cap of the expansion tank when the engine heats up.
WARNING
● The anti-freeze additive and, therefore, the entire coolant, are a
health hazard. Avoid touching the coolant. Coolant fumes are also a
health hazard. Store the coolant additive in a safe place out of the reach
of children. Risk of poisoning!
● If splashed into eyes, rinse immediately with clean water and seek
immediate medical advice.
● Seek immediate medical advice if the coolant is accidentally inges-
ted.
CAUTION
If the engine oil cannot be topped up under the given conditions,  do not
drive on. We recommend contacting an authorised SEAT dealer, as this can
damage the engine. 
Radiator fan
The radiator is driven by an electric motor and controlled according to the
temperature of the coolant.
After the engine has been stopped and the ignition switched off, the radia-
tor fan may continue running for around 10 minutes. 

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Technical Data
Technical Data
Checking fluid levels
From time to time, the levels of the different fluids in the ve-
hicle must be checked. Never fill with incorrect fluids, other-
wise serious damage to the engine may be caused.
Fig. 169 Diagram for the location of the various elements Coolant expansion tank
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Windscreen washer fluid container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
Engine oil filler cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engine oil level dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Brake fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
The checking and replenishment of the service fluids are carried out on the
components mentioned above. These operations are described in the
⇒ page 173.
Overview
You will find further explanations, instructions and restrictions on the tech-
nical specifications as of ⇒ page 226.
Note
Availability in the engine compartment is very similar to all the petrol and
diesel engines. 
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Brakeshandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
bulbs – changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Button on driver door opening and closing electric windows . . . . 92
C
Car computer see multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Care of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Care of vehicle automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
cleaning wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
high-pressure cleaners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
polishing of paintwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
rubber seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
waxing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Central lock button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Changing bulbs double headlight bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
front fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing gear economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
recommended gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Checking battery acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
windscreen washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking fluid levels engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Childproof locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Child seat
Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
natural leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning chrome see care of vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Climatronic air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Computer see multi-function display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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F
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
First-aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 148
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front fog light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
see fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
unleaded petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Fuses changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
G
Gauge coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
H Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Hazard
warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Headlights driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
HHC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Hill-hold control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
I
Identification plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Informative display see MAXI DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Instrument panel see general instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Interval wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
L
Lever main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Lights changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Daytime driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
dipped beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
front fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Front fog lights with CORNER function . . . . 98
hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Main beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
parking lights on both sides . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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