2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE oil level

286 Con
trols
On-board computer Checkin
gthe ty repres sures
Yo u wil lfi nd info rm ation about the tyre
pres sure monitor in th e"Ch ecking the tyre
pressur e electronically* "se ction
( = page 384).
Rest artin gthe tyre pres su re loss warn- ing syst
em
Yo uwi llfind info rm ation in the "Tyre pres-
su re loss warning syste m"section
( = page 383). Callin
gupASSYST PLUS
Yo uwi llfind info rmati on on ASSYST PLUS
in the"Ser vice"se ction(
=page 393). Checkin
gthe engine oil level
Yo uwi llfind information abo utche cking
the engine oi l levelu sing the on-board
co mpute rin the "Eng ine oil" se ction
( = page 377).
i Youw ill find a menu over view on
(= page 275 ).
In the "Settings" menu, youc an:
! switcht he dayti medriving lights on or
off !
switch the Intel ligent Light System on
or off
! set the li mit speed forw inter tyres
! activate or de activ atet he additional
speedo meter
! activate or deactiva tethe radar sens or
syste m*
Switc hing the daytime driving lights on or off
If
yo uha ve set"Daytime driving lamp s"and
the light sw itch isat 0,the follo wing light
up automatically while the engin eis ru n-
ning:
! Side lamps and dipp ed-be am head-
la mps
! Lice nc e plate lighting
6 Press ( or& to select the
"S ettin gs"menu.
6 Press % or$ to select
"Daytime driving lights" .
6 Press # .
6 Press # againif yo uw ishtocha nge
the current statu s. Th
eda ytime dri vinglights aresw itched
on or off accord ing to th eirp revious
sta te.
i If you turn the lig htswit ch to another posi-
ti on apart from 0,th e appropriate ligh tswi tches
on.
i Make su retha tthe ligh tsw itch is at B or
* when you switch off thed aytime driving
ligh tsin darknes swhile theve hicle is in motion.
Switc hing the Intelligent Light Sy stem on or off
Yo
uca nuse the "Intelligent Light System"
to set whether motorw ay mo de, theAc tive
Ligh t Syste m,corne ring light or the ex-
tende drange fogl ampsareactivated.
6 Press ( or& to sele ctthe
"Settings" menu.
6 Use % or$ tosele ct the
"Intellig entLigh t System".
6 Press # .
6 Press # again if you wis hto cha nge
the current statu s.
The Intel ligent Light Syst em is activ at-
ed ordeac tiva teddepe ndingon its pr e-
viou s sta te. Settings
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376 Operation
Engine
compart ment
6 Reach under the bonnet atthe centre
an d press bonnet catchb utton 2.
6 Lift thebonnet. Clo
sing 6
Lowe r th ebo nnet and le tit fallcl os ed
from a height of appro ximately 20cm.
Th ebonnet mustengage audib ly.
6 Make sure that the bonnet ha sen-
gaged prop erly.
i Ifth e bo nnet can be raised sligh tly, it is not
properly engaged. Open it again and close it with
so me what more forc e.
De pend ingon howit is dr iven ,th e
vehicle consum es a maximum of 0. 8loil
per 1,000 km. Theoilco nsum ptio nma y
be higher tha nthiswhen theve hicle isnew
or if yo ufreque ntlydrive at high engine
speeds.
Yo ucan only estim ate the oil consu mption
after yo uha ve driv enaco nsidera ble dis-
ta nc e.
Yo u will find fu rther infor ma tion about
engi ne oi lin the "Tec hnical data" section
( = page 522).
! Lubricant addit ives mu stno tbe used si nce
th ey lead toincreased wear and damage tothe
asse mblies. The use of suc haddit ives ma yre sult
in lim itation of warranty rig hts. You can obtain
furt her informat ion from any Mercedes-Benz
Ser vice Centre. Checkin
gthe en gine oille vel
Wh en yo ucheck theoille ve l, the vehicle
mu st:
! bestan ding level
! have been st anding with the engine
sw itched off for at leas tfive minut es if
at opera ting temp erature
! have been st anding with the engine
swi tche dof ffo rat leas t thirty mi nutes
if not at operat ing te mperature G
Risk of inj ury Make
sure that nobody can beco metrap ped
as yo uclose the bonn et. G
Risk of acc ident Ma
kesure that the bonne tis en gaged se-
cu rely before comm encing ajo ur ney. Donot
dr ive the vehicle if the bonnet cannot been-
gaged, e.g .after an ac cident. Otherw ise, the
bo nnetcould come off while theveh icle isin
mot ion an den danger yoursel fan d ot hers. En
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377
Operation
En gine comp artm ent
Wit hthe oil dipst ick
Example (C L500)
1 Oil dipst ick
2 Maxim um mark
3 Minimum mark
6 Rem ovedips tick 1.
6 Wipe thedips tick cl ean.
6 Insert the dipstic kba ck into thedip-
st ick tu be as far as thest op and re-
move it again.
The oil le vel is corre ct if theleve l is be-
twe enlower mark3 and upper
mark 2.
6 Top up the oil asrequired
( = page 37 8). i
The differ ence in vol umeb etwe en the
lo we rm ark and the upper mark is approximately
2l itres.
Via the on-board computer
(C L6 00 only)
i Youw ill find a menuoverview on
(= page 275).
6 Make sure the key isin pos ition 2in
the ignition lock.
6 Press &or( tosele ct the
"Ser vice" menu.
6 Press %or$ tosele ct
"E ngine oil leve l".
6 Press #.
The fol lowing me ssag eap pe arsin the
mu lti-fu nc tio ndisplay:
"Engine oil level Measuring now
Measu reme nt accurate onlyifvehicl eis
level"
The measur ement take sa momen t.Yo u
wi llse eo ne of thefollowing messag es in
the multi-fun ction di spla y:"Engine oil level
OK" or"Top up 1l engine oil at filling sta-
tion"
6 Top up th eoil asrequired
( = page 378). Ot
her message s in the multi-func tion
display
If th eengine is at normal ope rating tem-
perature and the engine contains too much
oi l, yo uw ills ee the follo wing messag e:
Engine oil level Reduce oil level .
6 Hav eex ce ss oilsi ph oned off.
! Thereis a ris kof da magetothe en gine or
th eca talytic conver ter if the re is exc esso il in the
engine.
If the following messag eisdisplayed:
"For engine oil leve l,tu rn on ignition"
6 Turn the key to pos ition 2in the ig ni-
tion lock (
=page 229).
If yo uh aven ot ob served the required wait-
ing ti me,yo uwi llsee the following mes-
sage:
"W aiting period engine oil le vel not ob-
served"
6 Repeat the measurem entaf ter about
five mi nutesif the engine isat normal
op erating te mperature.
6 If the engine isnot at norm alop erati ng
te mp eratur e,repeat the measu reme nt
af ter about 30minutes to allow ti mefor
th eeng ine to reach normal operat ing
te mp eratu reinthe mean time .
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378 Operation
Engine
compart ment
If the engine isrunni ng, the following me s-
sage willappea r:
"E ngine oil le velNo t with engine running"
6 Switchof fthe engi neandwa itfora p-
prox imate lyfive minutes be fore me as-
ur ing wh en the en gine isat nor mal
op erating te mperature.
i Press theL button on themu lti-func tion
steering wheel if you wis h tocancel the oil lev el
meas urem ent. To
pp ing up the engin eoil Ex
am ple (CL 500)
1 Filler neck cap
6 Unscrew cap1 on the filler neck anti-
clockwi seand remo ve.
6 Top upwith theamount of engine oi lre-
quired.
! Haveexces s oil siphoned off. There is a risk
of damag etoth e en gine orthe cata lytic conv ert-
er if there isexcess oil in the engine.
6 Screw cap 1onthefiller neck and
tig hten clockwise. Th
ereis no need foryo uto check the oil
level inthe autom atic tra nsmi ssion. In
the even t of oi llo ss orprobl em sw ith gear
shifts, have the autom atic tr ansmission
ch ecke dat a qualified specialist wor ksho p,
e. g. at aMercede s-Be nz Service Cen tre.
Th ereis no need foryo uto check the oil
le ve lin theABC system. Intheevent of
vi si bl eoi llos sor malfun ctionmessages in
th edi splay, hav eth eAB Cs ystem ch ecked
at aqu alified specialist workshop, e.g. at a
Merced es-Benz Service Cen tre. G
Risk of inj ury En
gine oi lan d some engi necomp onentscan
be come ve ryho t.To avoidth erisk ofbu rns,
only tou chthose co mponents described in
the Owner’s Ma nual an dob serve the rele-
va nt sa fety notes. P0
1.00-2871-31 H
Enviro nm ental note Wh
entop ping up theoil, take care not to
sp illany. Oil must not beallowe dto escape
into theso ilor waterway s.Yo uwoul dot he r-
wi se be dam aging th e envi ronment. Oil level in the
automatic
tran smission Oil level in the ABC
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382 Operation
Tyres
andwh eels
! Store tyres in a cool, dry place, preferably in
th e dark .Pr otec tth ety res fro moil, grease, pet-
rol and diesel fuel.
Do not clea nyo ur wheels with acidic wheel
cl eaners sin ce thesecould co rrode theh eads
of wh eel bolts.
Ty res with aspe cified direc tion of rotati on
ha ve additional bene fits, e.g. ifaq uaplan-
in go ccurs. Th eseadvantage scan onl ybe
enjoy edifthe tyres arefitted correspond-
ing to th edirec tion of rotation.
An arrow on th esidewall of the tyre indi-
ca tes its co rre ctdire ction of rot ation.
i Youm ay fi ta spare tyre* agains tth e direc-
ti on of rotation.
The MOExtend ed emer gencyru nn ing sys-
te me nabl esyou to conti nuedriving the ve-
hicl eeven when allair is lost from one or
mo re tyres.
You may only use theMO Extended run-flat
syste minconju nction with the tyr epres-
sure loss warning syste morthe tyrepres-
sure monitor*. Yo
uwi llfind note son drivin g with aflat
tyr ein the Pra ctical advice section
( = page 492).
Onlycorrect tyre pres sures whe nthe tyres
are cold.
Th ep ress ureo f wa rmtyre ssh ou ldonl ybe
co rrected if it is to olow fort he curre nt
op erating co nd itio ns .Warm tyres always
have highe r pressu res tha ncol dones.
You wil lfi nd a table of tyre pressure sfo r
dif ferent operati ngcond ition son thein-
side ofyour vehicl e’sfu el filler flap.
i Tyre pressure values giv enfor low loads are
mi nim um values whic hoff eryou good ride com-
fort charact eristic s.
You can, ho weve r, also usethe values forhi gh er
loads. Th ese are permissible and will not ad-
ver sely affec tth e running of the veh icle.Howev-
er , ride comfort will be impaired tosome degree.
Als ocheck thety re pressure of the spare
wheel*. Di
rect ion of rot ation MO
Exte nded run-flat syst em* Ty
re tread G
Risk of accident Plea
se keep in mind that:
! tyre grip decreases rapidly on wet roads
when the tread depth is lessthan 3mm.
You shou ldthus replace tyre sthat have
insuff icient trea d.
! Winter tyre ssh ou ldbe replac ed when
th etrea d dept his 4 mm or less because
ot he rwis e they no lo nger pro vide ade-
qua tegrip.
! tyre sca nbe subjec tto different level s of
we ar. You shouldthus regu larlych eck
th etread dept h andth e condi tion of the
trea dac ross theen tire width of alltyre s.
If ne cessary, turn thesteering wheel so
th at youc an seethe ty retrea dmore
ea sily.
Yo ucoul dothe rwise los econtrol of theve hi-
cl ea nd cause an accide ntdueto th ere-
duced gr ipof thetyre s on thero ad. Ty
re pres su res G
Risk of accident If
th e pr essur ein atyre drops repea tedly, in-
sp ect the tyre for forei gn objects andch eck
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414 Practical advice
Displ
aymessa ges Symb
olme ssages G
Risk of acc identand inju ry Al
wa ys hav e maintenanc ework carrie dout
at aqu alifie dspecialis t worksh opwhichh as the
necessa ry sp eciali stknowle dgea nd
to ols tocarry ou t the work requ ired.
Me rced es-Ben zre co mm ends thatyou use a
Me rced es-Ben zS ervice Cen tre fo rthispur-
pos e. In
particu lar, wor krelev ant to saf ety or on
sa fety-rel at ed syst emsmu st be car ried out
at a qu alifie d spe cialis two rkshop. The reis a
ri sk of an acc iden t and inj uryi fthis wo rk is
carrie dou tincor rectly. Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution ma
lfun ction
Sto pve hicle You have pu
lledaway even thoug hth e
ve hicle le velw as still to olow.
Th eve hicl eleve lis being raised. The
disp layme ssag edis appears afte ra fe w
se co nd s. 6
Wai tfo rth evehicl elevel to adjust. Oil is leak
ing from theve hicle.
Th edis play me ssage is sh owncontinu-
ou sly inthedi sp lay. !
Do not driveon.
6 Stop imme diat ely in accordan cewith the
traf fic conditi ons.
6 Cons ulta qualified sp ecialist worksho pim-
mediat ely. ABC ha
smalfuncti oned.
Th edis play me ssage is sh owncontinu-
ou sly inthedi sp lay. !
Donotexceed ama ximum spee do f80 km /h.
6 Avoidl arge stee ring angles , ot herw ise the
fr ont wing or th etyres could be damag ed
wh en yo u drive on. List en forscraping
so unds.
6 Visi ta qu alified special istwor ksho p. P9
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Displ
aymessa ges * Night View
Assist
Li ghts mu stbe on or
set to AUTO Yo
uat te mp ted to switch on Night View
As sist butthe light sw itch wasnot at
* orB . 6
Turn the light switch to* orB . Night View
Assist
No tin re verse gear R Yo
uat te mp ted to switch on Night View
Assis twh ile the tr ansmissi onselec tor
le ve rwa sin po sition R. 6
Movethetran smi ssio nselect orleve rto P,
N or D. * Night View
Assist
Li ghts mu stbe on or
set to AUTO
No tin re verse gear R Yo
uat te mp ted to switch on Night View
As sist butthe light sw itch wasnot at
* orB .
Als o,the tra nsmi ssio nis in position R. 6
Turn the light switch to* orB .
6 Movethetran smi ssio nselect orleve rto P,
N or D. Night View
Assist
onl ywhen
it is dark Yo
uat te mp ted to switch on Night View
Assis tin dayligh t. It
is onl ypo ssible tosw itchon Nigh tVi ew As-
si st wh en it isdark. En
gine oi l level
Sto pve hicle
Turn engi ne off CL
600 only:
Th een gine oi l level is toolow. There is
a risk of engine damage. 6
Stop the vehi cle. Pay attenti ontothe tra f-
fic co ndition s.
6 Switchof fthe en gine.
6 Top up engi neoila nd check the engine oi l
le ve l (
= page 377). Di
sp laysymb ol Di
sp lay messages Po
ssi blecaus e/cons equence Po
ssib leso lution P9
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Practical advice
Displa ymes sages To
p up with 1litre
of engine oi lwh en
next re fuelli ng CL 60
0onl y:
Th e engi ne oille ve lis toolow. 6
Chec kthe engine oi l level (= page 377)
an d top upthe engine oil if nec essary.
6 Have the engine che cked for leaksifthe
en gine oi lne edstopping upmore often
th an usual. En
gin eoil le vel
Re duce oil le vel CL 60
0onl y:
You hav ead ded too muchengine oi l.
The reisarisk ofdamag ing th e en gine
or cata lytic converter. 6
Siph on of fen gine oi l to the specif ied le vel.
Ob serve the legal require ments. En
gin eoil le vel
cannot be
measured CL 60
0onl y:
The measur ing syst em is malfun ction-
ing. 6
Have thesyst emcheck edat a qualified
specialist worksho p. Check
engine oi l level
when next refuelling CL 50
0onl y:
Th e engine oil le velha s dropped to a
cr itical le velor thes ensoris mal func-
tioning. 6
Chec kthe engine oi l level (= page 377)
an d top upthe engine oil if nec essary.
6 Have the engine che cked for leaksifthe
en gine oi lne edstopping upmore often
th an usual. * Ty
re pressure
Cauti on,ty re def ect On
e or more tyres islos ing air rapidly. 6
Stop the vehicle without makinganysud-
de nstee ring or br aking ma noe uvres. Pay
at tention to the tra ffic conditi ons.
6 Iden tifythe fault ytyr e.
6 Repair th etyre or cha nge the whe el
(= page 483). Di
sp lay sy mbol Di
spla yme ssages Poss
ible cause /consequ ence Pos
sibl eso lution P9
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