fuel cap MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER 2019 MY19 Service Information

Re
gular checks
Chec kth efo llo wing regular ly,e.g. weekl y,when
re fuel ingorprior tolong journeys:
R Engine oilleve l:yo ucan find further infor‐
mation onmeasur ingtheengine oilleve lin
th eve hicle Operator's Manual.
R Cool antleve l:yo ucan find further informa‐
tion onchecking thecoolant leve lin theve hi‐
cle Oper ator's Manual.
R Brak efluid leve l:ifth ebr ak efluid needs to
be topped up,consult anaut hor ized Sprinter
dealer andhave thecause determ ined, e.g.
leak ageor wo rnbrak epads.
R Windshield washer system: addwinds hield
wa sher fluid that has been mixedwithan
appr ovedwindshield washer solution/
concen trat e. Chec kth efunc tion ofthesy s‐
te m and thewiper blades.
R Lighting system
R Tire condi tionandtirepr essu re:ch eck
th ese atleas tonc eamont h.Inf ormation on
guidelines andthecor rect me thod ofcheck‐
ing tirecon dition andtirepr essur ecan be fo
und inthe"T ires and wheels" sectioninthe
Oper ating Instructions. Maint
enance oftheemis sions controlsys‐
te m or the exhaus tga saf te rtre atment sys‐
te m Cau
tion aryno tesfo rthe emissions contr ol
sy stem –ga soline engine Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withath re e-w aycat a‐
lytic converter and alambda sensorinorder to
com plywith thecur rent exhaus tga sst andar ds.
Ke ep your vehicle inapr oper condition in
accor dance withth emaint enanc ere comme nda‐
tions .
The follo wing instruct ions mustbe adher edto:
a) Onl yre fuel vehicl eswith aga soline
engine withlow- sulfur unleaded gasoline
with aminimu mof 87 AKI/9 1RO Nin acco rd‐
ance with theinf orma tion onthefilling
pum p,prov ided therear eno other recom‐
men dation s.Re fuel ingusing unsu itabl efuel can
caus edama getotheengine. Youcan find fur‐
th er information inthe"Oper atingfluids andfill capac
ities"ch ap terof theve hicle Operating
Ins tructions.
b) Leaded fuelmustno tbe used under any
cir cums tances .This would result indamag eto
th eemissions control system com ponen ts.
c) An ethanol conce ntration great erthan
E1 0ma yno tbe used invehicl eswith aga so‐
line engine whichar eno tfle x-fuel compati‐
ble. Theengine maybe damag edifincor rect
fue lsareus ed. Youcan find further information
in the"Oper atingfluids andfill capac ities"ch ap‐
te rof theve hicle Operating Instructions.
d) The specif iedmaint enance workon the
engine mustbe per form ed infull and atthe
re qu ired interva ls. Toenable thecat alytic con‐
ve rter toachie veits intended service life, the
ignit ionsetting mus tbe cor rect and thespar k
plugs mustbe func tioningcorrectly ,fo rex am ple.
If th especif iedmaint enanc ewo rkisno tper‐
fo rm ed cor rectl y,this ma yneg ativelyaf fect the
ve hicle's emissions controlsy stem and reduce
its ser vice life.
e) Oper ation oftheemis sions controlsys‐
te m mus tno tbe modi fied inanywa y.Modif i‐ 6
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Blue
TECexhaus tga saf te rtre atment with
DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid ) The
BlueT ECexhaus tga saf te rtre atm entsystem
re qu ires are ducing agent (DEF)inorder tofunc‐
tion correctl y.
Fu rther information onDEF (Diesel Exhaust
Fluid) canbefound inthe"Oper atingfluids and
fi lling capac ities"sect ionoftheve hicle Operat‐
ing Instructions.
The reducing agent (DEF)isanon -flammable,
non -tox ic, color less, odorlessandwater-solubl e
fl uid.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bymixing addi‐
tiv es wit hDEF orfrom diluting DEF The
Blue TEC exhaus tga saf te rtre atm entsys‐
te m could bedes troy ed by:
R Additiv esinDE F
R Dilutin gDE F #
Onlyuse DEFin accor dance with
ISO 22241. #
Donotad dad ditiv es. #
Donotdi lute DEF . De
script ion ofma intenance workon the
ex haus tga scleaning/e xhaustga saf te r‐
tr eat men tsy stem
The com posit ionofexhaus tga ses isinf luenced
no tonl yby theemissions control system orthe
ex haus tga saf te rtre atm entsystem, butalso by
va rious engine component sand their settings.
Ther efor e, maint enanc eof theemissions control
sy stem ortheex haus tga saf te rtre atm entsys‐
te m mus tinclud eth ese engine componen ts.In
pr actic e,cer tain maint enanceworkconsi sts
onl yof tests. Ho wever,th ete stsar eim por tant,
as they enable anyde viations that coul dlead to
wo rseemission values atalat er dat eto be
de tected assoo nas pos sible.It is ge ner ally
mor ecos t-effectiv eto have suc hissues rectif ied
imme diat ely rath er than waitunt ilth is could lead
to expensiv ere pair s.The maint enanc eint erva ls
ar espec ified sothat theve hicle canbeoper ated
cor rectl y,und ernorm alcon dition s,unt ilth ene xt
ser vice duedate(→ pag e4). Re
plac ingthe engine oiland engine oilfi lt er
Re place theengine oiland engine oilfilt er
acc ording tothespecif iedservice interva l.If oil
con sum ption increases, youmus tfind thecause
and take theneces saryst eps torectify thepr ob‐
lem. Donotre se tth eser vice interva ldispla yif
yo uha ve topped uporchang edtheoil outside of
th especif iedservice interva l.
Re plac ingthe engine air clean er
Re place theengine aircleaner accordingtothe
specif iedservice interva l.When operatingunder
ex treme lydu styco nd ition s,theengine air
cleaner mustbe replaced morere gular lythan is
displa yedin theser vice interva ldispla y.Clean
th eco verand hous ingoftheengine aircleaner
bef oreyo ure mo veit.
Re plac ingthe fuel filt er
Re place thefuel filt er acc ording tothespecif ied
ser vice interva l.
Chec kingthecondit ionofthepol y-V- belt on
th eengine
The poly-V- belt issubjec tto we arand aging.
Chec kit forte ar sand wearacc ordin gto the 8
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