7. Pullouttheoildipstickagainandreadtheengineoillevelonthedipstickasfollows
→Fig.1
:
A
Engineoilleveltoohigh.Observethemessagesontheinstrumentclusterdisplayorseekexpertassistance
asnecessary
→
.
B
Engineoillevelwithinnormalrange.Engineoilcanbefilledtotheupperlimitofthisrange,e.g.whenthe
engineissubjectedtohighloads.Continuetostep8or16.
C
Engineoillevelistoolow.Whereapplicable,followanymessagesthatareshownontheinstrumentcluster
displayandmakesureyouaddengineoil.Continuetostep8.
8. Afterreadingofftheengineoillevel,pushtheoildipstickbackintotheguidetubeasfarasitwillgo.
9. Unscrewtheengineoilfilleropeningcap
→Fig.2
.
10. Graduallyaddengineoilinsmallquantities,nomorethan0.5l(0.5qt)intotal,orfollowtherecommendationin
theinstrumentcluster.TheuseofapprovedengineoilsinaccordancewiththerelevantVWstandardis
recommended.
11. Inordertoavoidoverfilling,waitforatleast1minuteaftereachrefillsteptoallowtheengineoiltoflowinto
theoilsumpuptothemarkingontheengineoildipstick.
12. Readtheengineoillevelfromthedipstickagainbeforerefillingwithafurthersmallquantityofengineoil.
Neveroverfillwithengineoil
→
.
13. Afterfilling,theengineoillevelshouldbeinthemiddleofthearea
→Fig.1
B
.Theengineoillevelmustnot
beinarea
→Fig.1
A
→
.
14. Iftoomuchengineoilhasbeenaddedunintentionallyandtheengineoillevelisinarea
→Fig.1
A
,donot
starttheengine.Seekexpertassistance.
15. Afterrefilling,screwtheengineoilfillercapbackon.
16. Inserttheoildipstickintotheguidetubeasfarasitwillgo.Ifthereisamarkingontheupperendoftheoil
dipstick,thismarkingmustfitinthecorrespondinggrooveatthetopendoftheguidetubewheninserting.
17. Closethebonnet
(→Intheenginecompartment)
.
WARNING
Engineoilcanigniteifitcomesintocontactwithhotenginecomponents.Itcancausefires,burnsandotherserious
injuries.
● Alwaysensurethattheengineoilfillercapissecurelytightenedafterrefilling,andthatthedipstickisproperly
insertedbackintotheguidetube.Thiswillpreventtheengineoilfromdrainingoutontohotenginecomponents
whentheengineisrunning.
● Ifengineoilisspiltoncoldenginepartsitcanheatupandignitewhentheengineisrunning.
NOTICE
● Iftheengineoillevelisinarea
→Fig.1
A
,donotstarttheengine.Seekexpertassistance.
● Whenrefillingservicefluids,ensurethatyoupourthecorrectservicefluidsintothecorrectopenings.Theuseof
incorrectservicefluidscouldresultinseriousmalfunctionsandenginedamage.
Engineoilpressuretoolow
Thewarninglampflashesred.Amessageisshownontheinstrumentclusterdisplay.
Donotdriveon!Theenginecouldotherwisebedamaged.
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