Seat Ateca 2018 Owner's Manual page 269

Do not apply wax underneath the vehicle
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around the area of the exhaust system: Fire
hazard!
Control lamps
 It lights up
Fault in the emission control system. (e.g. faulty
lambda sensor).
Reduce speed and drive carefully to the nearest spe-
cialised workshop to have the engine checked.
 Flashes
Combustion fault which could damage the catalytic
converter.
Reduce speed and drive carefully to the nearest spe-
cialised workshop to have the engine checked.
 It lights up
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Particulate filter blocked page 267.
 It lights up
Fault in the management of the gasoline engine.
Have the engine checked by a specialised workshop
as soon as possible.
The warning lamp (Electronic Power Control)
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lights up when the ignition is switched on while sys-
tem operation is being verified. It should go out once
the engine is started.
Start and driving
 It lights up
Diesel engine glow plug system.
The engine glow plug system has been activated.
The engine can be started straight away when the
lamp switches off.
 Flashes
Fault in the management of the diesel engine.
Have the engine checked by a specialised workshop
as soon as possible.
Note
While the control lamps are on
or there might be faults in the engine,
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fuel consumption may go up and the en-
gine might lose power.
Catalytic converter
To maintain the useful life of the catalytic
converter
Use only unleaded petrol with petrol en-
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gines, as lead damages the catalytic con-
verter.
Do not let the fuel get too low in the tank.
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For engine oil changes, do not replenish
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with too much engine oil page 352, Top-
ping up engine oil.
Never tow the vehicle to start it, use jump
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leads if necessary  page
If you notice misfiring, uneven running or loss
of power when the vehicle is moving, reduce
speed immediately and have the vehicle in-
spected at the nearest specialised workshop.
In general, the exhaust warning lamp
light up when any of the described symptoms
occur. If this happens, unburnt fuel can enter
the exhaust system and escape into the envi-
ronment. The catalytic converter can also be
damaged by overheating.
CAUTION
Never run the fuel tank completely dry be-
cause the irregularity of the fuel supply
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may cause ignition problems. This allows
unburnt fuel to enter the exhaust system,
which could cause overheating and dam-
age the catalytic converter.
For the sake of the environment
Even when the emission control system is
working perfectly, there may be a smell of
sulphur from the exhaust gas under some
conditions. This depends on the sulphur
content of the fuel used. Quite often the
problem can be solved by changing to an-
other brand of fuel.
Particulate filter
The particulate filter eliminates most of the
soot from the exhaust gas system. Under
60.
will
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