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Che ck ing and Filling
explosive and increases the risk of serious
injury or death.
- Follow legal requirements when usi ng,
storing and transporting fuel containers.
- Make sure the fue l container conforms to
industry standards (ANSI/ASTM F852-86).
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Note
- Remove any overflow ing fuel from the vehi-
cle paint immediately.
- Never drive until the fuel tank is completely
empty. The irregular supp ly of fuel that re-
su lts from that can cause engine misfires.
Uncombusted fuel will enter the exhaust
system and increase the risk of damage to
the catalytic converter.
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For the sake of the environment
If the fue l nozzle is used correct ly, it will indi-
cate that the tank is full the first time it
sw itches off automatica lly. Do not try to add
more fuel, because it can spill over. Also, the
expansion space in the tank will f ill, which can
res ult in fuel sp illing out when it becomes
wa rm and po lluting the environment.
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Tips
If adverse weather conditions cause the fuel
filler door to freeze shut, press on the center
of the fi ller doo r with the hee l of you r hand
and then t ry opening it again.
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Tips
- If the engine is run ning while fueling, va-
pors can escape or the fuel can spill ove r.
Because of th is, the fuel nozzle swit ches off
before t he tank is full.
- Do not fue l t he vehicle when t he ignition is
swi t ched on. Otherwise, the fuel ga uge may
not show t he cor rect level aft er fueli ng the
vehicle .
- Your vehicle is equipped wit h a misfueling
g uard . It allows the veh icle t o be fueled on-
ly with the correct fuel pump nozzle.
- A wo rn or dam aged nozzle or a noz zle t hat
is too sma ll may not be ab le to open the
diesel misfueling protector. If this is the
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case, try turning the nozzle before inserting
it in the fuel filler neck, use a different fuel
pump or see an authorized Audi dealer or
authorized Audi Service Facility for assis-
tance.
- The misfueling guard does not open when
adding fuel from a fuel container. When re-
fueling with a reserve canister, you must
use the fu nnel stored in the luggage com-
partment
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page 236, fig. 183.
Fueling with reserve canister (emergency
fueling)
Fig. 1 83
Luggage com pa rtment: funnel
Fig. 184
Fuel tank filler neck with the mounted funnel
Read and follow the impo rt ant safety precau-
tions
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in Fueling procedure on page 235.
.,.. Press on the fuel filler door to open -arrow-
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page 235, fig . 181.
.,.. Remove the cargo floo r
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page 2 77.
.,.. Remove the plastic floor pane l
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page 54,
fig. 58.
.,.. Remove the funnel from the luggage compart -
ment .
.,.. Insert the funnel into the tank filler neck all the
way until it stops
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fig. 184. Make sure that the
ring on the funnel goes into the fuel tank filler
neck.
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