2012 Seat Toledo recommended oil

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Checking and refilling levels
Oil properties
Engine typeSpecificationPetrol without flexible service in-
tervalVW 502 00/VW 504 00
Petrol with flexible service inter-
val (LongLife)VW 504 00
Diesel. Engines with no Particu-
late Filter (DPF)VW 505 01/VW 506 01/VW 507 00
Diesel. Particulate Filter Engines
(DPF).
With or without flexible service in-
terval (with and without Long-
life) a)VW 507 00
a)
Only use recommended oils, otherwise you may damage the engine.
Engine oil additives
No type of additive should be mixed with the engine oil. The deterioration
caused by these additives is not covered by the warranty.
Note
Before a long trip, we recommend finding an engine oil that conforms to the
corresponding VW specifications and keeping it in the vehicle. This way, the
correct engine oil will always be available for a top-up if needed. Checking the engine oil level
Fig. 118 Engine oil dip-
sticks
The dipstick shows the engine oil level. ⇒ Fig. 118.
Checking oil level
– Park the vehicle on a level surface and ensure the engine is at
operating temperature.
– Switch the ignition off.
– Open the bonnet.
– Wait a few minutes for the engine oil to flow back to the sump
and remove the dipstick.
– Wipe the dipstick with a clean cloth and insert it again as far as
it will go.
– Then pull the dipstick out again and check the oil level. 
Safety FirstOperating instructionsPractical TipsTechnical specifications

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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