2017 AUDI A7 adding oil

Check ing and F illing
is empty or until no mo re fluid flows into the
tank.
~ Remove the canister and close the fi ller tube
c> page 198 , Completing AdBlue refill .
(D Note
Only use refi ll canisters that are approved for
your vehicle. Us ing other systems can cause
Ad Blue to leak.
@ Tips
- An authorized Audi dealer or authorized
Audi repair facility can te ll you which ref ill
can isters are approved for your vehicle.
- A permitted refill canister contains approxi­
mately 1.3 ga llons (5 liters) of AdB lue.
Completing AdBlue refill
Applies to: vehicles with selective catalytic reduction
C losi ng the filler neck
~ Turn the cap on the filler neck to the right with
the wheel wrench unt il the cap clicks into place.
This t ightens the cap to the specification o &
in Filling AdBlue on page 197, c> (D in Filling
AdBlue on page 197 .
~ The n press on the left side of the tank doo r un-
ti l it l atches.
After filling
The vehicle must be driven so that the system
recognizes that the Ad Blue was refilled . T his can
take severa l m in utes.
~ If there was no Ad Blue left in the tank and a
range of O mi (0 km) was shown in the d isplay,
switch the ign it ion on for about 30 seconds be­
fo re sta rting the engine.
(D Tips
Ad Blue can freeze at very low temperat ures .
If this happens, the system will not detect
that the Ad Blue was refilled a nd it will contin­
ue to inform yo u of the low Ad Blue level. The
message turns off as soon as the tank thaws
out again.
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Catalytic converter
Applies to: vehicles with gasoline engine
It is very important that your emission control
system (catalytic converter) is func tioning prop­
erly to ensure that your vehicle is running in an
environmentally sound manner .
~ Always use lead-free gasoline c> page 191, Fuel
supply .
~ Never run the tank down all the way to empty.
~ Never put too much motor o il in your engine
c> page 204, Adding engine oil.
~ Never try to push- o r tow-start your vehicle .
The catalytic converter is an efficient "clean -up "
device built into the exhaust system of the veh i­
cle. The catalyt ic converter b urns many of the
po llutants in the exhaust g as befo re they are re­
l eased into the atmosphere.
The exclusive use of un leaded fuel is critically im­
po rtant fo r the life of the catalytic converte r and
prope r funct io ni ng of the engine.
_&. WARNING
The temperat ure of the exhaus t sys tem is
high, both when driv ing and a fter stopping
the engine.
-
- Never tou ch the exhaust tail pipes once they
have become hot. This cou ld resu lt in burns.
- D o not p ark or operate the vehicle in ar eas
where the hot exhaust system may come in
contact with dry g rass, brush, fuel spi ll or
other mate rial which can ca use a fire.
- Do not apply additiona l undercoating or
rustp roofing on or near the exhaust mani­
fold, exha ust pipes, cata lytic conve rter or
heat shields . D uring driving, the substance
used for unde rcoat ing could overheat and
cause a fire .
Cl) Note
-Be aware that just one tank f illing wit h
leaded fu e l w ill already seriously degrade
the performance of the catalytic converter.
- Do not exceed the correct engine oil leve l
c>page204.

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- If you have the impression your engine con ­
sumes excessive amounts of oil, we recom­ mend that you consu lt your Audi dealer to
have the cause of your concern properly di­
agnosed . Keep in mind that the accurate
measurement of oil consumption requi res
great care and may take some time . Your
Audi dealer has inst ructions about how to
measure oil consump tion accurate ly.
Checking the engine oil level and adding
engine oil
The engine oil level can be checked in the Info­
tainment system
F ig. 18 5 Eng ine co mpar tment : en gin e o il fille r open ing
cove r
Obse rve the sa fe ty precau tions ¢&. in Working
in the engine compartment on page 199 .
Checking the engine oil level
.,. Park the vehicle on a level surface .
.,. Sh ut the engine off w hen it is warm . Wait ap­
prox imately two m inutes so tha t the engine oil
can flow back in to the o il pa n .
.,. Switc h only the ignit ion back on.
.,. Se lect: the
ICARI function button > ( Car )* Sy s­
tems
control b utton > Service & checks > Oil
level.
.,. Read the oil level in the Infota inment system.
Add engine oil if the bar in the oil leve l indica­
tor is just before "min".
Adding engine oil
.,. Turn the eng ine off .
.,. Unscrew the engine oil filler opening cap~
¢ fig.185, ¢page 202, fig.184 .
.,. Carefully add 0 .5 quart (0 .5 liter) of the correct
o il ¢ page 202.
204
.,. Close the eng ine oi l filler opening ca p~ -
.,. Close the hood, restart the ignition after two
m inutes and read t he current o il level in the In­
fotainment system.
A WARNING
- When adding oil, do not let oil dr ip onto hot
engine components . This inc reases the risk
of afire.
- You must sea l the cap on the oi l filler open­
ing correct ly so that oi l does not leak out
on to the hot e ngine and exha ust system
w hen t he e ngine is runni ng, bec ause this is
a fire ha zar d.
- Always clean s kin thoroughly if it comes into
con tact with eng ine oil.
0 Note
- The engine o il level must not be under the
" min " mark ing, beca use this increases the
r isk of engine damage.
- If the message
Oil level is too full. Please
reduce oil level.
appea rs, there is too m uch
o il i n t he engi ne a nd there is a risk of cata ­
lyt ic converter and engine damage . D o no t
sta rt the eng ine. Co nta ct an a uth o rize d Aud i
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility to
have excess engine oil extracted if necessa­
ry.
- Do not mix any ad ditiona l lubr icants into
the engine oil. Damage caused by such add i­
t ives is not covered by the wa rranty .
@ For the sake of the environment
- Oil sho uld never enter the sewer system or
come into contact with the ground .
- Pay attention to lega l req uiremen ts when
disposing of empty o il containers .
(D Tips
-Th e oil leve l in dica tor in the inst rument
cl uster d is p lay is only an i nformationa l dis ­
play. If the o il level is too low, a minim um
oil warn ing appears in the instrument clus­
ter . Add o il and close the hood. The c urrent
oil leve l is d isplayed in the Infotainment

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The coolant leve l is monitored through the. in­
dicator light ¢
page 14. However, we do recom­
mend occasionally check ing the coo lant level
manually.
I f you must add coolant, use a mixture of water
and coolant additive. Mixing the coolant additive
with d istilled water is recommended.
Coolant additiv e
The coolant addi tive is made of anti-freezi ng and
corros ion protection agents. Only use the fo llow­
ing coolant additives . These additives may be
mixed with each other.
Coolant additive Specification
Gl3 TL 774)
Gl2++
TL 774 G
The amount of coolant add itive that needs to be
mixed w ith water depends on the climate where
the vehicle will be operated. If the coolant addi­
tive percentage is too low, the coolant can freeze
a nd damage the engine.
Coolant
Freeze protec·
additive tion
Warm reg ions min. 40% m in. -13 ° F
max. 45% (-25 °C)
Cold regions min. 50% max . -40 °F
max . 55% (-40 °C)
([)
Note
-Before the start of winter, have your author­
ized Audi dealer or authorized A udi Se rvice
Fac ility check if the coolant additive in you r
vehicle matches the percentage approp riate
fo r the clim ate. Thi s is especially important
when driving in co lder climates .
- If the approp riate coolant additive is not
available in an emergen cy, do no t add any
other additive. You cou ld damage the en ­
gine. If this happens, only use water and re­ store the correct mixture ratio with the
spec ified coolant additive as soon as possi­
ble.
- Only refill with new coo lant.
- Radiator sealant must not be mixed w ith
the coo lant .
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· Adding coolant
F ig. 186 En gin e compartment : coolant exp ansion tank
cover
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Observe the safety precautions ~ .&. in Working
in the engine compartment on page 199.
Check ing the engin e coolant level
Park the vehicle on a leve l surface.
.,. Switch the ignit ion off.
.,. Read the coolant level on the coolant expansion
tank ¢
page 202, fig . 184. The coolant level
must be betwee n the MIN and MAX mark ings
when the e ngine in co ld. When the engine is
wa rm it c an be slightly above the MAX marking.
Adding coolant
Requirement: there must be a residual amount of
coolant in the expansion tank ¢(D .
.,. Let the engine cool down .
.,. Place a cloth over the coolant expansion tank
cap and unscrew the cap counterclockw ise
¢ .8_ .
.,. Add coo lant m ixed in the correct rat io
¢ page 205 up to t he MAX mar king.
.,. Make sure that the f luid level remains stab le.
Add mo re coolant if necessary.
.,. Close the cap securely .
Coolant loss usually ind icates there is a lea k. Im­
med iate ly dr ive your vehi cle to a n author ized
Audi dealer or author ized A udi Service Fac ility
and have the cooling system inspected . If the
cooling system is not leaking, a loss can come
from the coolant boiling through overheating
and being pushed out of the cooling system.

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\.J - Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mat e control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 22
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Declar ation of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 267
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Tire pr essure monitoring system . . . . . . . 267
DEF
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Defrosting (windows) Deluxe automati c climate control . . . . . 60, 62
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deluxe automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dete rmining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 226
Index
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Di esel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Doo rs
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine oil temperature d isplay . . . . . . . . . . 87
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 21
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 23
ED L
refer to Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . 120
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
271

Index
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic D ifferent ial Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic stabilization control Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
E mergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency locking the front passenger door 32
E mergency operation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency release
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Emergency starting 254
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engi ne
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Warming up/cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fue l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Engine speed limitat ion (indicator light) . . . 18
272
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine warm-up request
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Proper d isposa l of drained engine oil . . . . 205
Unleaded fuel.. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 191
EPC (engine contro l).. .. ............. ... 17
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system .
also refer to Electroni c stabilization con­
trol
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ESP
refer to Electronic stabilization control ..
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ............ . 120
120
120
127
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D ' . 1mming ........ .. .. ................ 44
Heating...... ... .. .. ................ 44
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 180
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
For the sake of the environment
E nvironmentally -friendly driving . . . . . . . . 66
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Roof rack . .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... ... 55
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Freeze protection
Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 141