Engine Oils; Brake Fluid; Prem Ium Unleaded G Asoline; Fuel R Equirem Ents - Mercedes-Benz 300 TE 124 T 1988 Owner's Manual

Engine Oils

Engine o ils are sp e c ific a lly te s te d fo r
th e ir su ita b ility in o u r e n gines. T h e re ­
fo re , use o n ly e n gine o ils re c o m ­
m en de d b y us. In fo rm a tio n on re c o m ­
m en de d b ra n d s is available at y o u r
a u th o rize d M E R C E D E S -B E N Z dealer.

Brake Fluid

D u ring v e h icle o p e ra tio n , th e bo ilin g
p o in t o f th e brake flu id is c o n tin u o u s ly
re d u c e d th ro u g h th e a b s o rp tio n of
m o is tu re fro m th e a tm o sp h e re . U n de r
e xtre m e ly hard o p e ra tin g c o n d itio n s ,
th is m o is tu re c o n te n t can lead to the
fo rm a tio n o f va p o r in th e syste m th u s
re d u cin g th e s y s te m 's efficie n cy.
T he bra ke flu id m u st th e re fo re be
re p la ced annually, p re fe ra b ly in the
spring .
It is re co m m e n d e d to use only brake
flu id ap p ro ve d by M E R C ED E S-BEN Z.
Y o u r a u th o rize d M ER C E D E S -B E N Z
de aler w ill p ro vid e you w ith a d ditiona l
in fo rm a tio n .
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Prem ium Unleaded G asoline

C aution!
To m aintain th e en g in e s d u ra b ility and
p e rfo rm a n ce , p re m iu m unle ade d
g a so lin e m u s t be used. If p re m ium
unle ade d is n o t available and lo w
o cta n e fu e l is used, fo llo w th e s e p re ­
c a u tio n s:
• have th e fuel ta n k fille d only p a r­
tially w ith u n le ade d re g u la r and fill
up w ith p re m iu m unle ade d as
so o n as p o ssib le ,
• avoid fu ll th ro ttle d rivin g and
a b ru p t a c ce le ra tio n ,
• do n o t e xce e d an e n g in e sp e e d o f
2000 rpm , if th e v e h ic le is loaded
w ith a lig h t load su ch as tw o p e r­
s o n s and no luggage,
• do n o t e xce e d o f m axim um
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a c c e le ra to r pedal p o s itio n , if the
ve h icle is fu lly lo ad ed o r o p e ra tin g
in m o u n ta in o u s terrain.

Fuel R equirem ents

Use o n ly P rem ium unleaded m e e tin g
ASTM sta n d a rd D 439:
The o c ta n e n u m b e r (p o s te d at the
pu m p) m u s t be 91 m in. It is an aver­
age o f b o th , th e R esearch (R) o c ta n e
n u m b e r and th e M o to r (M) o c ta n e
n u m b e r: [(R + M ) /2 ]. This is also
kn o w n as A N T I-K N O C K INDEX.
U nleaded ga soline c o n ta in in g o x y ­
g e n a te s su c h as E thanol, MTBE, IPA,
IBA and T B A can be used p ro vid e d
th e ratio o f e ith e r on e o f th e s e o x y ­
ge n a te s to g a soline d o e s n o t exce ed
10 o/o.
The ra tio o f M e th a n o l to gasoline
m u s t n o t e xce e d 3 % p lus ad ditiona l
co s o lv e n ts .
U sing m ix tu re s o f E thanol and M e th a ­
nol is n o t allow ed. MTBE may, h o w ­
ever, be ad de d up to 15 % . G asohol,
w h ich c o n ta in s 10 o/o Ethanol and
90 o/o unleaded gasoline , can be used.
These b le n d s m u s t also m eet all o th e r
fue l re q u ire m e n ts such as re sista n ce
to s p a rk k n o c k, b o ilin g range, va p o r
p re ssu re , etc..