coolant reservoir MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG GT COUPE 2015 C197 Owner's Manual

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Checking coolant level G
WARNING
Certain component sintheengin ecom part-
ment, suc hastheengine, radiato rand parts
of th eexhaust system, can become ver yhot.
Working in th eenginec om partmen tposes a
ris kofi njury.
Wher epossible, let th eenginec ooldown and
touch only th ecom ponent sdescribed in the
following. G
WARNING
The engin ecoolings ystem is pressurized, par-
ticularly when th eengineisw arm.When
opening th ecap,you could be scalded by hot
coolan tsprayin gout.T here is ariskofi njury.
Let th eenginec ooldown before opening the
cap .Wear eye and han dprotection when
opening th ecap.O pen th ecap slowly half a
tur ntoa llow pressur etoescape.
Only chec kthe coolan tlevel when th evehicle
is on alevel surfac eand th eengineh as cooled
down.
X Se tthe Start/Sto pbutto ntok eyposition
2.
X Chec kthe coolan ttem perature display in
th e" AMG" men u(Ypage 160).
The coolan ttem perature mus tbebelow
15 8‡( 70 †). X
Slowly tur ncap 0043 half aturnc ounter-
clockwise and allow excess pressur eto
escape.
X Turn cap 0043further counter-clockwise and
remove it.
If th ecoolan tisatt helevel of th emarker
bar in th efiller neck when cold, there is
enough coolan tincoolan texpansion
tank 0044.
If th ecoolan tlevel is approximately 0. 6in
(1. 5c m) abov ethe marke rbar in th efiller
neck when warm ,the re is enough coolant
in coolan texpansion tank 0044.
X If necessary, add coolan ttha th as been
tested and approve dbyMercedes-Benz.
X Replac ecap 0043 and tur nitclockwise as far
as it will go.
You will fin dfurther information about coolant
in th e"Technical data" section (Y page 285).
Windshiel dwasher system and head-
lam pcleaning system G
WARNING
Certain component sintheengin ecom part-
ment, suc hastheengine, radiato rand parts
of th eexhaust system, can become ver yhot.
Working in th eenginec om partmen tposes a
ris kofi njury.
Wher epossible, let th eenginec ooldown and
touch only th ecom ponent sdescribed in the
following. G
WARNING
Windshield washer concentrate could ignit eif
it comes int ocontac twithh ot engin ecom po-
nent sort heexhaust system. There is ariskof
fir ea nd injury.
Mak esuret hatnow indshield washe rcon-
centrat eisspilled next to th efiller neck.
The washe rfluid reservoir is used for bot hthe
windshield washe rsystem and th eheadlamp
cleaning system. Engine compartment
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