Operation Manual

298 Service, Maintenance
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Never carry out any repairs or adjustment
and maintenance work on the vehicle
yourself. This especially applies to the
engine, chassis and safety parts. You may
unwittingly infringe the provisions of the
law and, by not performing the work
properly, endanger yourself and other
road users.
Checking and topping up fluids
To aid identification, the caps used when
topping up engine oil, coolant and wash
fluid as well as the oil dipstick are coloured
yellow.
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Engine oil
Information on engine oils is found in the
Service Booklet.
Engine oil level and consumption
Every engine consumes engine oil for
technical reasons. The engine oil
consumption cannot be assessed until a
fairly long distance has been driven, and
may be above the specified value when the
vehicle is first being driven (run-in period).
Frequent driving at high revs increases
engine oil consumption.
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The engine oil level 3 is checked
automatically
1)
, see p age 116. Before
embarking on a long journey it is advisable
to check the engine oil level.
9 Warning
Do not allow the engine oil level to drop
below the minimum level!
1)
Not on Z 14 XEP or Z 20 LEH engine. Sales
designation – see pages 310, 311.