What You Should Know At The Gas Station; Tire Pressure; Cold Tires; Warm Tires - Mercedes-Benz 1984 300SD Owner's Manual

What You Should Know at the Gas Station

• Fuel: Diesel fuels acc. to ASTM D 975, grades 1 and 2
as well as W -F-800a grades 1 and 2. See page 91.
Fuel tank capacity approx. 7 7 1/20.3 US gal, this
includes approx. 12.5 I/3.3 US gal reserve.
Only fill fuel tank until the filler nozzle unit cuts out —
do not overfill.
• Engine Oil: Engine oil level check see page 72.
Quantity differential between upper and lower
dipstick marking level 1.5 1/1.6 US qt.
Year-round m ultigrade oils 10 W -4 0 ,10 W-50.
For further inform ation, refer to page 88.
• Automatic Transmission: Autom atic transm ission
fluid fo r autom atic transm ission.
For level checks and replenishm ent, refer to page 74.
•

Tire Pressure:

Cold tires:

For driving up to
160 km /h/100 mph
normal load
Summer tires
maximum load
Winter tires
• Coolant: For normal replenishm ents, use water
(potable w ater quality).
For further inform ation (e.g. anti-corrosion/antifreeze
refer to page 92.
• Bulbs: High and low beams: Sealed beam/Halogen,
tail, parking and standing lamps 10 W /6 cp, turn
signal, standing, side marker and parking lamps, front
21/5 W /32/3 cp, turn signal lamps, rear 21 W /32 cp,
stop lamps 21 W /32 cp, license plate lamps 5 W
festoon lamp.
- S
bar
bar psi
28 1
2.0 1
2.4 1
2.1 1 30 1
32 1 2.5 1
2.2 1
bar psi

Warm tires:

2.5 36 Pressure may rise by up to
+ 0.3 b a r/+ 4 psi.
Never release any air from a warm tire
to off-set this pressure increase!
psi
1 For driving above 160 km /h/100 mph
+ 0.4 bar/ + 6 psi.
34 '
36 1