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Automatic gearbox: Move the selector lever
to position P.
●
If you are towing a trailer, unhitch it from
your vehicle.
›››
●
Have the vehicle tool kit
and the spare wheel* ready
›››
page
314.
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Observe the applicable legislation for each
country (reflective vest, warning triangles,
etc.).
All occupants should leave the vehicle and
●
wait in a safe place (for instance behind the
roadside crash barrier).
WARNING
●
Always observe the above steps and pro-
tect yourself and other road users.
If you change the wheel on a slope, block
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the wheel on the opposite side of the car with
a stone or similar to prevent the vehicle from
moving.
The essentials
Repairing a tyre with the anti-punc-
ture kit
page 95
Standard representation: contents of
Fig. 69
the anti-puncture kit.
The anti-puncture kit is located under the
floor panel in the luggage compartment.
Sealing the tyre
●
Unscrew the tyre valve cap and insert. Use
›››
the
Fig. 69
1
Place it on a clean surface.
●
Shake the tyre sealant bottle vigorously
›››
Fig. 69
.
10
●
Screw the inflator tube
the sealant bottle. The bottle's seal will break
automatically.
tool to remove the insert.
›››
Fig. 69
into
3
●
Remove the lid from the filling tube
›››
Fig. 69
and screw the open end of the
3
tube into the tyre valve.
●
With the tyre sealant bottle upside down,
fill the tyre with the contents of the sealant
bottle.
●
Remove the bottle from the valve.
●
Place the insert back into the tyre valve us-
›››
ing the tool
Fig. 69
.
1
Inflating the tyre
●
Screw the compressor tyre inflator tube
›››
Fig. 69
into the tyre valve.
5
●
Check that the air bleed screw is closed
›››
Fig. 69
.
7
●
Start the engine and leave it running.
›››
Fig. 69
●
Insert the connector
›››
vehicle's 12-volt socket
●
Turn the air compressor on with the ON/OFF
›››
switch
Fig. 69
.
8
●
Keep the air compressor running until it
reaches 2.0 to 2.5 bar
(29-36 psi/200-250 kPa). A maximum of 8
minutes.
●
Disconnect the air compressor.
If it does not reach the pressure indicated,
●
unscrew the tyre inflator tube from the valve.
Move the vehicle 10m so that the sealant is
●
distributed throughout the tyre.
into the
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