Starting And Turning Off The Engine; Cold Engine; Hot Engine; Turning Off - Mercedes-Benz 1989 560 SL Owner's Manual

Starting and Turning off the Engine
Engage parking brake and move
the gear selector lever in either "P"
or "N" position before starting the
engine.
Turn key to steering lock position 2.
The charge indicator lamp should
come on.
Cold Engine
Turn key in steering lock clockwise
to the stop. Do not depress accel-
erator. Release key only when the
engine is firing regularly.
Hot Engine
Turn key in steering lock clockwise
to the stop. Do not depress accel-
erator. If the engine has not fired
after approx. 4 seconds, depress
accelerator and continue cranking
until the engine is firing regularly.
Release key and back off accele-
rator.
At very high coolant temperatures
the engine starting time can be
shortened if the accelerator is
depressed slowly at the beginning
of the starting process.
Turning off
Turn the key to steering lock posi-
tion O. Remove the key only when
the vehicle is stopped.
If the coolant temperature is very
high (e.g. after hard driving on
mountain roads), do not shut off the
engine immediately, allow it to run
for 1-2 minutes at increased idle
speed.
Important!
Due to the installed starter non-
repeat unit, the key must be
returned to steering lock position 0
before a new starting attempt is
made.
Observe the oil pressure gauge im-
mediately after starting the engine.
In a very cold engine the oil pres-
sure will only rise slowly, some time
after the engine has started. Do not
speed up the engine before pres-
sure is registered on the pressure
gauge.
The charge indicator lamp should
go out as soon as the engine has
started.
In areas where temperatures
frequently drop below -25°C
(-13 OF), we recommend that a
block heater be installed. Your
authorized MERCEDES-BENZ
dealer will advise you on this
subject.
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