Audi R8 Spyder 2012 Owner's Manual page 228

226 Index
Eng ine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Engine compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine compartment .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Safety instructions . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 169
Engine compartment lid
Closing . ..... . .......... . . . . . ... . 170
Release lever .......... . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Enginecoolantsystem ........... . ... 175
Malfunct ion .................. . .... 15
Temperatu re gauge .................. 9
Engine data ........................ 217
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 17 2
Adding .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 174
Additives . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 174
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Dry sump lubr ication ............... 149
Indications and condit ions req uiring ex-
tra checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
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consump 10n . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Oil grades .. ..... . .... . ..... . . . . . . 172
Specif ication and viscosity ... . . . . . . . . 17 2
Tempe ratu re display ................. 8
Engine oil level ................. . .... 18
Engine oi l pressure (malfunction) . . . . . . . 14
Eng ine oil sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Engine speed li mitat ion ..... . . . . . ... . . 17
Envi ronment
Catalytic converter . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 150
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 166
Unleaded fuel .............. . . . ... . 164
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . 17
ESC (Elect ronic St ability Control)
War ning/ indicat or lights .... . . . . . .... 16
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ... . . . . . ... . 142
Exhaust t ail pipes
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . 15 8
Expansion ta nk . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Exterior mirrors
Adj usting . . . . . .......... . . . . . ... . . 57
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1mming . . . . .............. . ..... . . 56
Heating . . . ................ . ..... .. 57
F
Fan ... . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 67
Fastening
Boost er seats . . . . .. .. ...... . ..... . 137
Convertib le child safety seats ........ 136
Infan t seats ... . . . . . .......... . ... 135
Flat bed truck ... . . .......... ....... 212
Flat tire
Changing . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 206
Floor mat s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Folding top
Care and cleaning . ................ . 156
Foot pedals . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 96
For t he sake of the environment
Gasoline fumes and the environme nt . . 166
Letting your engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 71
Refueling . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 166
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . .......... . . . . 113
How t hey wor k . . .............. . ... 118
Frontal col lisions and the laws of physics 103
Front lid
Emergency release . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 37
li ght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power locking system .......... . .... 37
Trunk escape handle ... . ...... . . . . . 203
Front passenger
refer to
Seating position . . . . . . . . . 92, 93
Fron t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Childrest raint sinthefrontseat ...... 111
Front towing loop .................. . 212
Fuel
Additives ......................... 164
Blended gasoli ne .............. . ... 164
Current fuel mileage ................ 24
Filler neck . . . . . . . .. . . . . ...... . . . . . 16S
Fuel supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gasoline addit ives ................ . 165
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . .......... . ... 164
Recommendation .............. . . . . 164
Refueling . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 166
Reserve . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 10
Tank capacity .. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 217
Unlocking the f uel fi ll er flap by hand .. 167
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . ............ . ... . 10
Fuel range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24