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418 Technical data
& WARNING Risk of injury from fuels
Fuels are poisonous and hazardous to your
health.
Do not swallow fuel or let it come into
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contact with skin, eyes or clothing.
Do not inhale fuel vapour.
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Keep children away from fuel.
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Keep doors and windows closed during
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the refuelling process.
If you or other people come into contact with
fuel, observe the following:
Immediately rinse fuel off your skin with
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soap and water.
If fuel comes into contact with your eyes,
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immediately rinse them thoroughly with
clean water. Seek medical attention
immediately.
If you swallow fuel, seek medical atten-
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tion immediately. Do not induce vomit-
ing.
Change immediately out of clothing that
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has come into contact with fuel.
Flexible-fuel vehicles can be refuelled with the fol-
lowing fuel types:
unleaded petrol
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E85 fuel
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a mixture of E85 fuel and unleaded petrol
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Flexible-fuel vehicles can be identified by the
Ethanol up to E85 sticker on the inside of the fuel
filler flap.
Depending on the country, the fuels you can use
in your vehicle may differ from the information in
the Owner's Manual. The fuels that have been
approved for your vehicle can be found on the
instruction label on the inside of the fuel filler flap.
Fuel
▌Information on fuel quality for vehicles with a
petrol engine
Observe the notes on operating fluids
(
page 417).
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* NOTE Damage caused by the wrong fuel
Even small amounts of the wrong fuel could
result in damage to the fuel system, the
engine and the emission control system.
Only refuel using unleaded, sulphur-free
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spark-ignition engine fuel that conforms
to European EN 228, or an equivalent
specification.
Fuel of this specification may contain up to
10% ethanol by volume. Your vehicle is suita-
ble for use with E10 fuel.
See the information label in fuel filler flap
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for other compatible fuels .
Never refuel with one of the following fuels:
Diesel
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Regular petrol with an octane number
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lower than 91 RON
Petrol with more than 3% methanol by vol-
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ume, e.g. M15, M30
Petrol with additives containing metal
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