Cleaning And Care Of The Vehicle - Mercedes-Benz 300 SD Turbo Diesel 1982 Owner's Manual

Cleaning and Care of the Vehicle

In operation, your vehicle is subjected
to a great amount of varying external
influences which, if gone unchecked,
can attack the paintwork as well as
the underbody and cause lasting
damage.
Such damage is caused not only by
extreme and varying clim atic co n d i­
tions, but also by air pollution, road
salt, tar, gravel and stone chipping.
Grease and oil, fuel, coolant, brake
fluid, bird droppings, tree resins, etc.
p-, should immediately be rem oved to
avoid paint damage. Frequent wash-
ing, however, reduces a n d /o r elim i­
nates the aggressivity and potency
the above adverse influences.
Special car-care measures may be
necessary to deal w ith unfavorable
conditions; fo r example, near the
coast, in industrial areas (smoke,
exhaust emissions), or during w inter
operation.
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You should check your vehicle from
tim e to time fo r stone chipping or
other damage. Any damage should be
repaired as soon as possible.
In doing so, do not neglect the
underside of the car. A prerequisite
fo r a thorough check is a w ashing of
the underbody follow ed by a rust-
proofing treatment.
Y o u r vehicle has been treated at the
fa cto ry with a wax-base rustproofing
in the body cavities w hich will last for
the lifetim e of the vehicle. P ost-pro­
d u ctio n treatm ent is neither neces­
sary nor recom m ended by
o f
MERCEDES-BENZ because of the
p o ssib ility of incom patibility between
materials used in the production
p ro ce ss and others applied later.
A fte r every engine cleaning you
should have the engine com partm ent
rustproofed. Before rustproofing, all
control linkage bushings have to be
lubricated with hydraulic oil (check
w ith your local MERCEDES-BENZ
dealership fo r recom m ended brands).
We have selected car-care products
and com piled recom m endations
w hich are specially matched to our
vehicles and which always reflect the
newest in technological standing. You
can obtain MB car-care products at
every MERCEDES-BENZ service sta­
tion.
Scratches, corrosive deposits, co rro ­
sion or damage due to negligent or
incorrect care cannot always be
removed with the car-care products
recom m ended here. In such cases it
is best to seek aid at your
MERCEDES-BENZ service station.
The following topics deal with the
cleaning and care of your vehicle and
give important "h o w -to " inform ation
as well as references to recom ­
mended MB car-care products.