Seat Leon 2012 Owner's Manual page 226

224 Checking and refilling levels
Vehicles with diesel particulate filter*
The "Maintenance Programme" states whether your vehicle is fitted with a
diesel particulate filter.
Only VW 507 00 engine oil, with reduced ash formation, may be used in die-
sel engines equipped with particulate filter. Using other types of oil will
cause a higher soot concentration and reduce the life of the DPF. Therefore:
● Avoid mixing this oil with other engine oils.
● Only in exceptional circumstances, if the engine oil level is too low
⇒ p age 224 and you cannot obtain the oil specified for your vehicle, you
can use a small quantity of oil (once) conforming to the VW 506 00,
VW 506 01, VW 505 00, VW 505 01 or ACEA B3 / ACEA B4 specification. (up
to 0.5 l).
Oil properties
Engine type
Petrol without flexible service in-
terval
Petrol with flexible service inter-
val (LongLife)
Diesel. Engines without Particu-
late filter (DPF)
Diesel. Particulate Filter Engines
(DPF).
With or without flexible service in-
terval (with and without Long-
a)
life)
a)
Only use recommended oils, otherwise you may damage the engine.
Specification
VW 502 00/ VW 504 00
VW 504 00
VW 505 01 / VW 506 01 / VW 507 00
VW 507 00
Engine oil additives
No type of additive should be mixed with the engine oil. The deterioration
caused by these additives is not covered by the warranty.
Note
Before a long trip, we recommend finding an engine oil that conforms to the
corresponding VW specifications and keeping it in the vehicle. This way, the
correct engine oil will always be available for a top-up if needed.
Checking the engine oil level

The engine oil dipstick indicates the level of the oil.
Checking oil level
– Park the vehicle in a horizontal position.
– Briefly run the engine at idle speed until the service tempera-
ture is reached and stop.

Fig. 144 Engine oil dip-
stick
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