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Check frost
Requires the following products: - Verification probe commercially available and made available at gas stations.
| - Regularly before the winter should check the concentration of antifreeze agent, especially if before then filled with clean water.
- Warm up the engine until the upper coolant hose to the radiator is heated to the temperature of your hands.
 | - Carefully open the expansion tank.
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- Dial the cooling liquid in the measuring probe and the probe to take readings of the float. At the latitude of Germany frost resistance should be up to -26 ?� C, in areas with very cold climates down to -40 ?� C.
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Top up antifreeze concentrate  | Use only genuine means on ethylene glycol basis with anticorrosive properties. The antifreeze concentrate must be suitable for aluminum parts of the cooling system. Do not use antifreeze concentrate alcohol-based. |
| The measured value in ?� C | 0 | -5 | -10 | -15 | | Engine | The difference in liters | | E1, EZ, E5 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 0, 6 | | OT, B5, B6, BP Manual Transmission | 20 | 15 | 10 | 0, 6 | | OT, B5, B6, BP automatic transmission | 2, 5 | 20 | 15 | 10 | | PN | 2, 5 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| - Close the lid on the expansion tank and after the test drive, check again frost.
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