At The Gas Station; Refueling - Mercedes-Benz 2008 R 320 CDI 4MATIC Operator's Manual

Operation

At the gas station

Refueling

Warning!
Gasoline and diesel fuels are highly flamma-
ble and poisonous. They burn violently and
can cause serious personal injury.
Never allow sparks, flame or smoking mate-
rials near gasoline or diesel fuel!
Turn off the engine before refueling.
Whenever you are around gasoline or diesel
fuel, avoid inhaling fumes and skin or cloth-
ing contact, extinguish all smoking materi-
als.
Direct skin contact with gasoline or diesel
fuels and the inhalation of gasoline or diesel
fuel vapors are damaging to your health.
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Warning!
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Do not fill diesel tanks with gasoline. Do not
mix diesel fuel with gasoline. Otherwise the
fuel system and engine could be damaged.
In addition, the vehicle could catch fire.
!
Damage resulting from mixing gasoline with
diesel fuel is not covered by the Mercedes-Benz
Limited Warranty.
!
Diesel engine: When filling the diesel fuel
tank using fuel containers, place a filling filter, a
suede cloth or a clean flannel cloth as a filter.
Otherwise, particles from the fuel container
could clog the fuel lines and/or the diesel
injection system.
The fuel filler flap is located on the
right-hand side of the vehicle towards the
rear. Locking/unlocking the vehicle with
the SmartKey or the SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO* automatically
locks/unlocks the fuel filler flap.
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In case the central locking system does not
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release the fuel filler flap, see "Fuel filler flap"
( page 475).
Turn off the engine
by turning the SmartKey to
position 0 ( page 39). Remove the
SmartKey from the starter switch.
by pressing the KEYLESS-GO*
start/stop button ( page 41).
Open the driver's door (with the
driver's door open, starter switch is
now in position 0, same as
SmartKey removed from starter
switch).