owners manual Mercedes SLK

owners manual Mercedes SLK - year of production: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 - Mercedes Benz SLK R170 owners manual EN

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Technical data Fuels, coolants, lubricants etc. Premium unleaded gasoline Fuel requirements Gasoline additives ! Use only premium unleaded gasoline A major concern among engine manufac- To maintain the engine’s durability and meeting ASTMstandard D 439:turers is carbon build-up caused by gaso- performance, premium unleaded gaso- The octane number (posted at the line. Mercedes-Benz recommends only the line must be used. If premium unleaded pump) must be 91 min. It is an average use of quality gasoline containing additives is not available and low octane fuel is of both the Research (R) octane num-that prevent the build up of carbon depos- used, follow these precautions:ber and the Motor (M) octane number: its. Have the fuel tank only partially (R+M)/2). This is also known as the After an extended period of using fuels filled with unleaded regular and fill ANTI-KNOCK INDEX. without such additives, carbon deposits up with premium unleaded as soon Unleaded gasoline containing oxygenates can build up especially on the intake valves as possible. such as ethanol, IPA, IBA and TBA can be and in the combustion area, leading to used provided the ratio of any one of these engine performance problems such as: Avoid full throttle driving and abrupt oxygenates to gasoline does not exceed Warm-up hesitation acceleration. 10%; MTBE not to exceed 15%. Do not exceed an engine speed of Unstable idle 3000rpm if the vehicle is loaded The ratio of methanol to gasoline must not Knocking/pinging with a light load such as two per-exceed 3% plus additional cosolvents. sons and no luggage. Using mixtures of ethanol and methanol is Misfire 2 not allowed. Gasohol, which contains 10% Power loss Do not exceed /3 of maximum ac-ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline, can be celerator pedal position if the vehi- Do not blend any specific fuel additives cle is fully loaded or operating in used. with fuel. This only results in unnecessary mountainous terrain. These blends must also meet all other fuel costs and may be harmful to engine opera- requirements, such as resistance to spark tion. knock, boiling range, vapor pressure etc 272

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