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3. Place the fuel tank cap in the holder on the
fuel filler flap.
Petrol
For optimal fuel consumption, the petrol should
be sulphurfree or have a low sulphur content.
Fuels labelled on the pump as containing metal
must not be used.
Diesel
The engine is designed to run on diesel fuel to
DIN EN 590 and ASTM D975.
Wheels and tyres
Tyre inflation pressure information
The tyre inflation pressure inscriptions can be
found on the tyre pressure plate on the door pil‐
lar.
After adjusting the tyre inflation
pressure
For runflat indicator RPA:
Reinitialise the runflat indicator RPA.
For Tyre Pressure Monitor TPM:
The corrected tyre inflation pressures are applied
automatically. Make sure that the correct tyre
settings have been performed.
For tyres that cannot be found in the tyre infla‐
tion pressure information on the Control Display,
reset the Tyre Pressure Monitor TPM.
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Checking the tyre inflation pressure
Check regularly and adjust as necessary:
▷ At least twice a month.
▷ Before a long journey.
Electronic oil measurement
Operating requirements
A current measurement is available after approxi‐
mately 30 minutes of normal driving.
Displaying the engine oil level
Via iDrive:
1. "CAR"
2. "Vehicle status"
3. "Engine oil level"
Different messages are shown on the Control
Display, depending on the engine oil level. Follow
these messages.
Adding engine oil
General
Safely stop the vehicle and switch off drive-ready
state before topping up with engine oil.
Topping up
Do not top up engine oil unless a message is dis‐
played in the instrument cluster.
Note the top-up quantity in the message.
Do not add too much engine oil.
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