oil type MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT 2020 AMG Owner's Manual

Br
ak esy stem No
teson thebr ak esy stem
The brak esy stem ofyour vehicle isdesigned for
hea vyloads. Therefor e, ther ema ybe noise when
br aking. Theloads intheent ire br ak esy stem
whic hoccur whendriving onara ce trac kare sig‐
nif ica ntlygr ea terth an those during normal oper‐
ation.
The increased brak efo rc es and temp eratur es
when driving onara ce trac kinhe rentl yle ad to
inc reased wearofthebr ak esy stem.
Chec kth econ dition andgeome try of thebr ak e
co verpla tebef oreusing theve hicle onara ce‐
tr ac k.
Obser vetheinf ormation onthecooling ofcom‐
ponen tswhic har esubject toloads when oper‐
at ed on ara ce trac k(/ page 110).
Br akin gwi th ABS
Re peat edhar dbr aking within theABS control
ra ng ecau ses highe rte mp eratur esinthebr ak e
sy stem than con trolled brakin gshor tly bef ore
th eABS control limit. Br
ak epad wear
The inner andouterbrak epa dsma yal so suf fer
"t aper edwear". This couldlead topoor pedal
fe el. Ther efor e, youmus talso checkth econ di‐
tion ofthebr ak epads beforeand afte ruse ona
ra ce trac kas partof ast andar dch eckfo rwe ar.
Br ak edis cs
Obse rveth einf ormation onthecooling ofcom‐
ponen tswhic har esubject tostra in inrace trac k
ope ratio n(/ page 110).
Dep endingontheve hicle's equipment, theAMG
cer amic high-per form anc ecom posit ebr akin g
sy stem isins talled inyour vehicle. Theassess‐
ment ofwe armus tth er efor ebe car ried out
using aspecial measurementprocedur e.The
br ak es aremeasur edusing thecur rent cond ition
of thecer amic composit emat erial asacr iter ia
fo rasse ssing thewe arins tead ofasses singth e
re sidua lth ickn ess.
Depe ndingon thetype ofbrak edisc, thefo llo w‐
ing arecom binat ionsused tomeasu rethewe ar
of thebr ak ediscs:
R Carbon-c eramic brak edisc: -
Visual assessment ofthebr ak edisc for
mec hanica ldama ge
- Wearmeas uremen tusin gth eindicat or
fi eld method; alternativ elyusing thePr o‐
ceq Carbo teq®
measu ring device (e.g. in
th eAMG Perfor mance Centeror atAMG
Tr ac kda ys)
R Gray cas tiron brak edisc:
- Visual check
- Crac kte st
- Wearthickn ess test
The ventil ation holeson gray cas tiron fricti on
ri ngs ofstandar dbr ak edisc sin par ticular could
bec ome blockedby brak edus t.Ther efor e, check
th eve ntil ation holesbefore usin gth eve hicle on
a ra ce trac kand clean them ifneces sary.Ifnec‐
essar y,also clean thedr illed holes.
Br ak efluid
Chec kth efo llo wing proper tiesofthebr ak efluid
bef oreeac huse onara ce trac k:
R Boil ingpoint
R Fillle ve l Dr
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NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect refrig er‐
ant If
anon-appr ovedre frig er ant isuse d,thecli‐
mat econ trol system maybe damag ed. #
Onlyuse there frig er ant R‑134a *
NO
TEDama getotheclimat econ trol
sy stem due toinc orrect refrig er ant com‐
pr essor oil #
Onlyuse refrig er ant com pressor oilthat
has been approvedby Mer cedes-Ben z. #
Donotmix theappr ovedre frig er ant
com pressor oilwithadif fere nt refrig er‐
ant com pressor oil. Wo
rkon theclimat econ trol system maybe car‐
ri ed out onlyby aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
All appli cable regulations, aswellas SAEstand‐
ar dJ63 9,mus tbe adher edto.
The instruction labelontheclimat econ trol sys‐
te m forth ere frig er ant type andthere frig er ant
com pressor oilisloca tedon theinside ofthe
hood. 1
Hazar dand service warning symbols
2 Refrig er ant filling capac ity
3 Applic ablestandar ds
4 PAGoil par tnum ber
5 GWP(Global Warming Potential) ofthere frig‐
er ant used
6 Refrig er ant type
Symbo ls1 warnofthefo llo wing:
R Possible dangers
R The need tohave ser vice workcar ried out at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop only Re
frig er ant filling capacity
Fi lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
All model s2 2.6±0.4 oz
(6 40 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
All model s4 .2±0.4 oz
(1 20 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load
R Conditio nof thesuspension
R Option aleq uipment Te
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