Checking Fuels, Coolants, Lubricants, Etc; Engine Oil Level Check - Mercedes-Benz 380 SL Owner's Manual

Engine Oil Level Check

1 Dipstick
2 Oil filler hole
Check engine oil level at regular
intervals, e. g. after refueling, with
the engine at operating temperature
and shut off.
Checking Fuels
The vehicle should be
parked on level ground
and the oil level must be
somewhere between the
lower and the upper mark
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on dipstick ( ); do not
replenish in excess of the
upper mark.
Coolants Lubricants etc.
Wipe dipstick before any oil level
measurement. To determine the oil
level, check both sides of the dip­
stick. Always determine an accurate
oil level by means of the straight
horizontal marking formed by the
oil on one side of the dipstick.
For viscosity and capacity, see
" Fuels, Coolants, Lubricants, etc.,
and last page".
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