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Safe Driving
Emission Control
C ertain syste m s o f th e e n gine serve
to keep the to x ic c o m p o n e n ts o f the
e xh au st gases w ith in p e rm is s ib le
lim its req uire d by law. (N e verthe less,
w e u rg e n tly advise you n o t to le t the
engine run in a c lo s e d garage.) These
system s, o f cou rse, w ill fu n c tio n
p ro p e rly only w hen m aintained s tric tly
a cc o rd in g to fa c to ry s p e c ific a tio n s .
A ny a d ju s tm e n ts on th e engine
should, th e re fo re , be ca rrie d o u t only
by qualified M E R C ED E S-B EN Z te c h
nicians. The a d ju s tm e n ts o f the
engine s ho uld not be a lte re d in any
way. M oreover, the s p e c ifie d service
and m aintenance jo b s m u s t be
carried o u t regularly a c c o rd in g to
M ER C ED ES -B EN Z se rv ic in g re q u ire
m ents. For details re fe r to the
M aintenance B oo kle t.
Engine Oil Consum ption
Engine oil c o n s u m p tio n can on ly be
d e te rm in e d a fte r a c e rta in m ileage
has been c ove red . D u ring th e b re ak-
in pe rio d, h ig h e r oil c o n s u m p tio n may
be n o tic e d and is norm al.
The First 1500 km /1 00 0 M iles
The m ore ca u tio u s ly y o u tre a t y o u r
e n gine d u rin g th e b re a k-in p e rio d, the
m ore s a tis fie d you w ill be w ith its
p e rfo rm a n c e later on. T h ere fore, drive
y o u r v e h icle d u rin g th e firs t 1500 k m /
1000
m iles at m o d e ra te veh icle
and e n gine spe ed s.
D u ring th is pe rio d, avoid heavy loads
(full th ro ttle driving ) and high RPM s
2/3
(no m ore than
o f m axim um
p e rm is s ib le s pe ed in each gear) and
d o n o t fo rc e th e en gine to la bo r at low
en gine speed.
A vo id a c c e le ra tin g by k ic k d o w n . It is
n o t re c o m m e n d e d to bra ke the
veh icle by m eans o f m anually s h iftin g
to a lo w e r gear. W e re c o m m e n d to
s e le c t p o s itio n s " S " o r " L " only at
m o d e ra te s p e e d s (fo r hill driving ).
A fte r 1500 k m /100 0 m iles sp e e d s may
gra du ally be in crea sed to the p e rm is
sib le m axim um .
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