adding oil MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS 2020 Owners Manual

Limited
braking efficiency onsal-
ted roads ....................................... 153
Snow chains .................................. 298
Subjecting brakestoaloa d.... ....... 153
Wet road surface ........................... 153
DVD video
Opera ting(on-board computer) .....1 98
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................246
DY NAMI CSEL ECTbutton (all
vehi cles exc ept Merce des-AMG
vehi cles) ....... ......................................133
DY NAMI CSEL ECTco ntroll er.... 132, 134
DY NAMI CSEL ECTco ntroll er
(Me rcede s-AMG vehicles) ....... ..132, 134 E
EA SY-E NTRY feature
Activating/d eactivating .................203
Function/notes .............................103
EA SY-E XITfeature
Cra sh-resp onsive........................... 104
Function/notes .............................103
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 203
EBD (elec tronic brakeforcedistri-
butio n)
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 211
Function/notes ................................69
EC Odisplay
Function/notes .............................151
On-boa rdcompu ter....... ................195
EC Ostart/stop function
Automa ticengine start.................. 130
Automa ticengine switch-off ..........129
Deactiva ting/activa ting....... ..........130
Gene ralinforma tion.......................129
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 129
Introducti on....... ............................ 129
Ele ctroni cStabil ityProgram
see ESP®
(Electroni cStabi lityProgra m)
Emerge ncy
Automa ticmeas uresafter an
accid ent....... ....................................56
Emer gency release
Dr iver 'sdoor .................................... 81
Trun k...............................................8 6
Vehicle .............................................8 1 Emer
gency Tensioning Devices
Ac tivatio n.........................................5 3
Emis sions control
Ser viceand warran tyinf orm ation.... 25
Engine
Chec kEn gin ewarn inglamp ...........2 42
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 221
ECO start/stop function................129
Engine number....... ........................324
Irregu larrunning ............................ 131
Ju mp-starti ng....... .......................... 288
Overvi ew....... ................................. 272
Starting problems .......................... 131
Starting theengine with the
SmartKey .......................................128
Starting with KEYLESS-GO ............. 128
Switchi ngoff ....... ........................... 148
Tow -starting (vehicle)....... .............. 293
Eng ineelectroni cs
Notes .............................................322
Prob lem(malfunction) ................... 131
Eng ineoil
Adding ...........................................269
Additi ves....... ................................. 327
Che cking theoilleve l....... .............. 269
Che cking theoilleve lusi ng the
dip stick .......................................... 269
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 223
Fill ing capa city....... ........................327
Gene ralnotes ................................ 327
Notes aboutoil grad es....... ............ 327
Notes onoilleve l/consu mption....269
Temp erature(on-boa rdcom-
pute r,Merced es-AMG vehicles) .....205
Ente ring anaddress
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................246
ESP ®
(E lec tronic StabilityPro-
gram)
AMG menu (on-boa rdcompu ter)...205
Cha racteri stics................................. 66
Deactiva ting/activa ting(button
in Merced es-AMG vehicles) ............. 68
Deactiva ting/activa ting(excep t
Merced es‑AMG vehicles) .................67
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 209
Function/notes ................................65
Gene ralnotes .................................. 65 10
In
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G
WARNING
If engine oilcomes intocontact withhot
components inthe engine compartment, it
may ignite. Thereisarisk offire and injury .
Make surethatengine oilisnot spilled next
to the filler neck. Letthe engine cooldown
and thoroug hlyclea nthe engine oiloff the
components beforestarting theengine. H
Envi
ronmental note
When addingoil,take carenottospil lany. If
oil enters thesoil orwate rways,itis harmfu l
to the environment.
! Use
only engine oilsand oilfilters thatare
app roved forvehicl eswith aservice system.
A list ofthe engine oilsand oilfilters that
have been tested andapproved inaccord-
ance withMercede s-BenzSpecifications for
Service Productsisava ilable atany author-
ized Mercede s-BenzCenter.
The followi ngcaus eengine failure ordam-
age tothe exhau stsystem:
R Use ofengine oilsand oilfilters thathave
not been express lyapp roved forthe ser-
vice system
R Rep lace ment ofengine oiland oilfilter
after thereplacement intervalspecified
by the service system hasexpire d
R Use ofengine oiladd itives
! Do
not add toomuch oil.If the oilleve lis
abo vethe "ma x"mark onthe dipstick, too
much oilhas been added. This canleadto
dama getothe engine orthe catal yticcon-
verter. Haveexcess oilsiph oned off. Example
:engine oilcap X
Turn cap0043counter-clockwi seand remove
it.
X Add engine oil.
If the oilleve lis at or bel ow the MIN mark
on the oildip stick, add1.1USqt(1.0 liter)
of engine oil.
X Rep lace cap0043onthe filler neck andturn
clockwis e.
Ensure thatthecap locks intoplace
secure ly.
X Che ckthe oilleve laga inwith theoildip stick
(Y pag e269) .
Further informati ononengine oil
(Y pag e327) . Che
ckin gand adding otherservice
products
Che ckin gco olan tlev el G
WARNING
Certa incomponents inthe engine compart-
ment, suchasthe engine, radiator andparts
of the exhau stsystem, canbecome very
hot. Working inthe engine compartment
poses arisk ofinjury .
Where possible,let the engine cooldown
and touch onlythecomponents describedin
the followi ng. G
WARNING
Opening thehood when theengine isover-
hea ted orwhen thereisafire inthe engine
compartment couldexpose youtohot gase s
or other service products.There isarisk of
injury .
Let anoverhe atedengine cooldownbefore
openi ngthe hood. Ifthere isafire inthe
engine compartment, keepthehood closed
and contact thefire depa rtment. G
WARNING
The engine compartment containsmoving
components. Certaincomponents, suchas
the radiator fan,may continue torun orstart
aga insud denly whentheignitio nis off.
There isarisk ofinjury . 270
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