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Instruments and warning/indicator lights
Instruments and warning/indicator lights
The instrument cluster is your centra/source of information.
Instrument duster and controls
:
Engine co Id
As long as the needle remains at the left end
ofthe gauge, the engine still has not reached
its operating temperature. Avoid high engine
speeds, heavy engine loads and heavy th rot-
tle.
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WARNING
- Always observe the warning in
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page
176,
Engine compartment
be-
fore opening the engine hood and check-
ing the engine coolant level.
- Never open the engine hood if you see or
hear steam, or if you see engine coolant
dripping from the engine compartment.
You could burn yourself. Let the engine
cool off first so that you cannot hear or
see any steam or engine coolant.
Normal temperature
When the engine has reached its operating
temperature, the needle will move into the
middle of the gauge and remain there. Ifthe
engine is working hard at high outside tem-
peratures, the needle may turn further to the
. right. This is no cause for concern as long as
the. warning light in the instrument cluster
does not illuminate.
. When the. warning light starts to flash,
this can mean one of two things: either the
coolant
temperature
is too high, or the cool-
ant
Levet
is too low
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page 17.
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Note
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- Mounting additionallights or accessories
in front of the air inlets reduces the cool-
ing effect of the radiator. At high outside
temperatures or high engine load, the
engine could overheat.
- The front spoiler has been designed to
properly distribute the cooling air when
the vehicle is moving. If the spoiler is
damaged, this could reduce the cooling
effect and the engine could then over-
heat. Askyour authorized Audi dealer for
assistance.
Digital dock with date display
Yaur vehicle is equipped with a quartz can-
trolled digital clack.
To set the hour
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Pull the knob (hour display flashes) and
turn it to the left or right.
To set the minutes
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Pull the knob as many times as necessary
until the minute display flashes.
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Turn the knob to the left or right.
To set the date
En .
grne coolant temperature gauge
Fig.4 Instrument duster with the digital dock
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Pull the knob as many times as necessary
until the day, month or year display flashes.
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Turn the knob to the left or right.
To hide or display the date
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Pull the knob as many times as necessary
until the date display flashes.
~
Turn the knob to the left or right.
When the date display stops blinking, this
means the time and date have been success-
fu lly sto red.
With the ignition off, pushing or pulling the
Set/Check button
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page 10, fig.
3
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de-
pending on the instrument cluster configura-
tion - can turn on the display field lighting for
a few seconds.
The
.
engme coolant gauge
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page 10, fig.
3
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only works when the ignition is on. To prevent
damage to
.
your englne, please note the fol-
lowing important points:
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Note
The tachometer needle should not move
into the red range. If it does, then only for
a very short period of time. You could
damage your engine by driving at high
RPM.
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For the sake of the environment
Upshifting early saves fuel and reduces en-
gine noise.
Tachometer (engine rev counter)
The tachometer
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page 10, fig.
3 is the left
of the two large clock-type displays.
The engine turns at a speed
1,000 times
the
single digit in the display, e.g. if the needle is
pointing at the
"2"
the engine is turning at
2,000 RPM.
The tachometer indicates the engine RPM..
(revolutions per minute&:,.The red area,it'ttle
end ofthe scale indicates
m~imum
permissi-
ble engine RPM after the break-in period. Be-
fore reaching this area, move the selector lev-
er to position "D (Drive)" or ease your foot off
the accelerator pedal.
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Tips
- When switching the ignition on, the nee-
dles in the instrument cluster move up-
ward briefly.
- The illumination for the instrument clus-
ter lights up whenever you switch on the
ignition with the vehicLe headlights off.
As the daylight fades, the instrument
cluster illumination likewise dims auto-
matically and will go out completely
when the outside light is very low. This
feature is meant to remind you to switch
on the headlights when outside light
conditions become poor.
Instruments and warning/indicator Lights
Instruments
Fig. 3 Overview ofthe instrument duster
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Tachometer with time and date
display
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Coolant temperature gauge
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Fuel gauge
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Speedometer with odometer ..
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Set/Check button
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Driver information display
(]) Reset button for
- trip odometer
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- Service ind icator
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