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CONTROLS
Warning lamps
Symbol Page Symbol
Page
Coolant temperature/
Coolant level
47
A Emergency light system
51
Engine oil pressure f^i
47
m Rear
window
heating
51
ID
Headlight
high
beams
48
to Fog lights
rear fog light 51
Turn
signals
49
Notes
((D)
Brake
system l^i
48
•
If one of the lamps marked
with
comes on when driving
stop and switch engine off. Details can be found on the pages
given
B Some of the lamps shown here are
only
on certain models or are optional extras.
£3
Alternator
49 •
If one of the lamps marked
with
comes on when driving
stop and switch engine off. Details can be found on the pages
given
B Some of the lamps shown here are
only
on certain models or are optional extras.
m Glow plugs - Diesel
49
(©)
Anti-locking brake system (ABS)
49
Trailer turn signals
49
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Starting
the
engine
General
hints
Attention
When
starting
the
engine
in con
fined
spaces
there
is a
danger
of poisoning.
• Before starting, move gear lever to neu- ml
(with
automatic gearbox, selector lever -
"P"
or "N" position) and apply handbrake
I 'mly.
• On vehicles
with
a manual gearbox de-
:"9ss
the clutch pedal when operating
=:arter
so
that
starter only has to
turn
en
gine.
• As soon as engine starts, release the gnition key so
that
starter can disengage.
• After starting a cold engine it may sound
_oisy
for a moment or two because the oil pressure has to build up in the hydraulic
tappets
first.
This is normal and no cause for
a
arm. Do not
warm
engine
up by run-
W>
ning
it
with
vehicle
stationary.
Drive
off
straight
away.
Do
not overrev or use
full
throttle
until the
engine has reached the normal operating
Temperature. • On vehicles
with
a
catalytic
con
verter
the
engine
must
not be
started
by
towing
the
vehicle
in ex
cess
of 50 m.
Otherwise
unburnt
fuel
can pass
into
the
converter
and
lead
to
damage.
•
Before
trying
to
start
engine
by
towing,
the
battery
from
another
ve
hicle
should be used for
starting
if
possible - see
page
130.
Petrol
engines
These
engines are equipped
with
a cer: ~-
jection system
that
automatically s^c; es the correct fuel/air mixture at ail anc e~:
temperatures.
When
engine is cold or at
operating
temperature
do not accelerate before or
during the starting procedure.
Applicable to all engines:
If the engine does not start at once, stop
using
the starter after 10
sees,
wait about
half a minute and then try again. If the engine still does not start, the electric
fuel pump fuse may have blown - see page
122.
When
the engine is
very
hot it may be
necessary
to accelerate slightly after the
engine has started.
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Diesel
engines
Glow plug system
The
engine is
fitted
with
a glow plug
sys
tem.
The required glow plug warm-up time
is
indicated by a lamp which is controlled by
the coolant temperature - see page 49.
Cold
starting
aid
To
assist cold starting, there is a device (cold starting aid)
fitted
in the injection
pump.
The
cold starting aid is actuated when the knob on the
left
of the steering column is
fully
pulled out.
Starting
a cold
engine
• At ambient temperatures down to -15
degrees
C, pull the cold start knob our
fully
before operating the starter.
At lower temperatures, the knob should not
be
pulled out
until
engine
is
firing
reg
ularly
- the engine will then start more
readily.
• Turn the key in the ignition lock to
posi
tion 2 (see page 36) - the glow plug warning lamp comes on. It goes out when the igni
tion temperature is reached (see page 49).
While
the
glow
plugs are
working
do not
switch
on any
other
heavy
cur
rent
consumers because
this
would
place an unnecessary load on the
battery.
• When the warning lamp goes out, start the engine immediately.
Do
not depress the accelerator while start
ing.
If the engine only fires irregularly, continue
to operate the starter a few seconds longer (30 seconds at maximum) until the engine runs under its own power.
If the engine does not start, switch the glow
plugs on again and try starting it again as de
scribed.
If the engine still does not start the
fuse for the glow plugs may have blown -
page123.
•
Push
the cold start aid knob in fully as
soon
as the engine has reached its normal
operating temperature.
Starting
a
warm
engine
The
glow plug lamp does not come on - the engine can be started straight away. Do not pull the cold start aid knob and do not press
the accelerator pedal.
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Stopping engine
•
Applies to all engines: I*I"en engine has been running fast
•:'
a long time, let it idle for about
2 —inutes so
that
it can
cool
down
:
ghtly before being switched off.
Attention
After the engine has been
stopped
the fan can continue
running for a
while
(up to about 10 minutes)
with
the ignition
switched off. It can also
start
to
run again suddenly
after
a short
time
if
-
the coolant temperature in
creases
due to
heat
build-up
-
when engine is hot and the en gine compartment is heated
additionally by strong
sun
light.
Special
care must therefore be
taken when working in the en gine compartment.
•
Applicable to vehicles
with
cata
lytic converter *:
The
ignition must not be switched off as long as the vehicle is rolling
with
a gear engaged, otherwise, un- burnt fuel can
pass
into the catalytic
converter and cause damage.
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Instruments
The arrangement of the instruments de pends on the model concerned and the en
gine fitted. 70 - 126
1-
Speedometer 40
2-
Coolant temperature 41
3- Digital clock* 41 or multi-function indicator* 42
4-
Fuel gauge 46 5- Rev counter* 46 or analog clock 46 1 - Speedometer
During the running-in period the instruc
tions on page 76 should be noted.
Mileage recorder
The upper counter registers the total dis
tance driven and the lower one the short
trips.
The last figure of the lower counter
indi
cates 100 m or Vio mile.
The trip recorder can be set back to zero by pressing the knob in the speedometer
dial.
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2
-
Coolant temperature
—
~~s
gauge starts
to
work
when ignition
is
=
.vitched on,
but it
takes some time before
~e needle reaches
its
final position.
-en ignition
is
switched
on the
warning
c~ip flashes
for a few
seconds
as a
func-
•
:nal check.
5
- Cold
-. Did
high
engine speeds and
do not
work
r-gine
too
hard
yet.
:
- Normal
nen
the
vehicle
is
driven normally
the
~eedle
should settle
down
in
this zone.
-en engine
is
working hard and the ambi-
r~t
temperature
is
high,
the
needle
may
-ove
a
long
way up. This is not serious as long as the
warning lamp does not flash.
Warning lamp
If
the lamp flashes when driving, check first
the indicated coolant temperature.
If the
needle
is in the
normal zone,
top the
coolant
up at the
next
opportunity.
If
the reading
is
in the upper zone, either the
coolant level
is too low or the
coolant tem
perature
is too
high.
Stop,
switch
en
gine off
and
try to
find cause
of
trouble
-
see
page 47.
Notes
•
Additional
lights
in
front
of the cooling air intake interfere
with
the
flow
of cooling air. At
high
ambient
temperatures and
full
throttle
there is a danger that the engine
will
then
overheat.
3
-
Digital clock
*
To
set the
time there
are two
buttons
on
lower left
of
instrument cluster.
The
hours
are
set
with
the
upper button
(h) and the
minutes
with
the
lower one
(min):
•
If
pressed briefly, preferably
with
a ball
pen,
the time changes one hour
or
one min
ute.
•
If
pressed continuously the hours
or
min
utes
change continuously.
With
the minute button the clock can be set exactly
to the
second:
•
Press button until time shown
by
clock
is
one minute before time
to be set.
•
Press button
at the
moment when
the
seconds
indicator
of an
accurate clock
shows a full minute
or
when the time signal
is
heard
on the
radio.
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3
-
Multi
function
indicator
* In addition to the time display, the multi
function indicator (MFI) gives a whole range of additional information:
• Driving time
• Average fuel consumption
• Distance driven
• Average speed
• Engine oil temperature
• Ambient temperature With the exception of the time, the symbol for the function switched on appears at the upper edge of the display (in illustration the
average
fuel consumption is shown).
A
B
|B33-
695
By
repeatedly pressing button B in the wind
screen
wiper lever
with
the ignition
switched on, the additional information is
displayed,
starting
with
the time.
If the button B is pressed for longer than 1
sec,
the function being displayed at
that
time will change over automatically to the time display. The
memories
The
system is equipped
with
two automatic
memories:
A
single
journey
memory
collects the
following data from the time the ignition is switched on to when it is switched off. Driving time, distance covered and fuel
used.
From
this data the average driving speed
and
the average consumption is worked
out.
If the journey is resumed within two hours
of switching off the ignition, the new figures
are automatically included in the calculation. If the journey is interrupted for more than
two hours, the stored information is auto matically
erased.
A
total
journey
memory
stores the data
from any number of individual journeys up
to a total of 100 hours driving time, a dis
tance of 10000 km (6214 miles) and 1000 litres (220 gallons) of fuel consumed. This
data
is only used to work out the consump
tion and speed averages for all the individual
journeys.
If one of the given figures is exceeded, the
memory is erased and calculation starts
from the beginning again. Contrary to the
single
journey memory, this memory is not
erased
after a journey pause of more than
two hours.
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Miles
(km) - Distance covered
_ne remarks made under "Driving time" also apply in principle to "Distance cov
ered".
The maximum distance indicated is
9999 km or 6214 miles.
MPH
(km/h)
- Average speed
The remarks made under "Average fuel consumption" also apply here in principle.
cfer-
°C _ Engine oil temperature
Oil temperatures (within a range of + 50 de
grees C and + 160 degrees C) are shown.
When no oil temperature indication is
shown,
the engine is still not warm, and it
should not therefore be worked hard. The engine speed should be reduced if the oil
temperature rises to + 145 degrees C. of* -• -
«>*
'i* - Ambient temperature
The measuring range is from - 40 degrees
C to + 50 degrees C..
When the vehicle is stationary or only moving very slowly, the indicated tempera
ture could be slightly higher than the actual ambient temperature due to heat radiation
from the engine or use of the auxiliary heater.
Attention If the ambient temperature read
ing is used as an ice warning, re
member that ice can form on the road at temperatures above 0 C.
Note Both temperatures are momentary values.
They are not stored in the memory.
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