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CheckingandFilling
Stopdrivingandswitchtheengineoff.Checkthe
engineoillevel>page315.
—Iftheengineoillevelistoolow,addengineoil
=page316.Onlycontinuedrivingoncethein-
dicatorlightturnsoff.
—Iftheengineoilleveliscorrectandtheindica-
torlightstillturnson,turntheengineoffand
donotcontinuedriving.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
Engineoillevel
Appliesto:vehicleswithoillevelwarning
&Pleaseaddoilimmediately.
Stoptheengineanddonotcontinuedriving.
Checktheengineoillevel>page315andadd
engineoilimmediately>page316.
3Pleaseaddmax.xqt(xJ)oil.Youcancon-
tinuedriving
Addtheamountofoilshownimmediately
=>page316.
Reducingtheoillevel
&Pleasereduceoillevel.
Thereistoomuchoilintheengineandthereisa
risk
ofdamagingthecatalyticconverteror en-
gine.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
engineoilextractedifnecessary.Avoidhighen-
ginespeeds,fullacceleration,andheavyengine
loads.
Engineoilsensor
3Oillevelsensor:oilchangenecessary.Please
contactService
Fuelhasenteredtheengineoil.Thiswillcause
theengineoilleveltoriseslowlyandtheengine
oilqualitytodecrease.Donotextractengineoil
toreducethelevel,becausethiswillincreasethe
riskofenginedamage.DrivetoanauthorizedAu-
didealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityim-
mediatelytohaveengineoilextracted.
BsOillevelsystem:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Thesensorthatcheckstheengineoillevelhas
malfunctioned.Driveimmediatelytoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tytohave themalfunctionrepaired.
&Oilpressuresensor:malfunction!Please
contactService
Thesensorthatcheckstheengineoilpressure
hasmalfunctioned.Driveimmediatelytoanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavethemalfunctionrepaired.
Enginewarm-uprequest
iPleasedrivetowarmupengine
Fuelhasenteredtheengineoil,eitherduetolow
outsidetemperaturesorfrequentshortdrives.
Driveuntiltheengineiswarmso thatthefuelin
theengineoilwillevaporate.Avoidhighengine
speeds,fullaccelerating,andheavyengineloads
whendoingthis.
@Tips
TheoilpressurewarningEBisnot anoillevel
indicator.Alwayschecktheoillevelregularly.
Checkingtheengineoillevel
TheengineoillevelcanbecheckedintheInfo-
tainmentsystem
Observethesafetyprecautions>/A\inGeneral
informationonpage311.
>Parkthevehicleonalevelsurface.
>»Shuttheengineoffwhenitiswarm.
>Switchonlytheignitionbackon.
>Waitapproximatelytwominutes.
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:the[MENU
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Service
&checks>Oillevel.
>Readtheoillevelinthedisplay.Addengineoil
ifthe barintheoillevelindicatorisjustbelow
“min”>page316.
@)Note
Iftheengineoillevelistoolowortoohigh,
thereisariskofenginedamage.
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Emergencysituations
@)Note
Thetrimisattachedtothebumperwithsev-
eralhooks.Toreducetheriskofdamage,do
notuseanyforcewhenremovingandinstal-
ling.
Reartowingloop
!
B4M-0244
Fig.287Rearbumper:installingthetowingloop
Vehicleswithatowingloop
Onvehicleswithoutafactory-installedtrailer
hitch*,thetowingloopthreadsarelocatedon
therightrear sideofthebumper.
>Removethetowingloopfromthevehicletool
kit>page349.
>Pressthecapinwardwithbrief,strong pressure
>fig.287.Thecapwillloosenfromthebump-
er.
>Tightenthetowingloopinthethreadedopen-
inguntilitstopsandthentightenitwitha
wheelwrench.
>»Afterusing,placethetowingloopbackinthe
vehicletoolkit.
Vehicleswithatrailerhitch*
>Attachthetowbarorthetowingcabletothe
trailerhitch.
Vehicleswithafactory-installedtrailerhitch*are
notequippedwithtowingloopthreadsatthe
rear.
ZAWARNING
Ifthetowingloopisnot tighteneduntilit
stopswheninstalling,thethreadsmaybe
pulledoutwhentowingthevehicleandresult
inanaccident.
ZAWARNING
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrailerhitch
—Onlyuseaspecialtowingbartoprevent
damagingtheballhitch.Thesetowingbars
havebeenspeciallydesignedfortrailertow-
inghitches.
—Onlyusespecialtowingcables.
Loadingthevehicleontoaflatbedtruck
Fig.288Vehicleonflatbedtruck
Fronthookup
>Alignthevehiclewiththecenterlineofthecar
carrierramp.
»Attachthewinchhooktothefronttowlineeye
previouslyinstalled.
Rearhookup
>Alignthevehiclewiththecenterlineofthecar
carrierramp.
>Attachthewinchhooktothereartowlineeye
previouslyinstalled.
@)Tips
Checkcarefullytomakesurethehook-upis
securebeforemovingthecaruptheflatbed
truckramp.
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