Tyre repair kit*5
– Park the vehicle as far away as possible from the traffic flow. Park on as flat and firm
a surface as possible.
–Have all the occupants get out. While changing a wheel, the occupants of the
vehicle should not stand on the road (e.g. behind a crash barrier).
– Switch off the engine and engage 1st gear or if your vehicle is fitted with an auto-
matic gearbox, position the selector lever into position P .
– Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Check whether you can carry out the repairs with the tyre repair kit page 3,
“General information”.
– If a trailer is coupled, uncouple it.
– Remove the tyre repair kit from the luggage compartment.
– Stick the sticker page 4, fig. 4 on the dash panel in view of the driver.
– Do not remove the foreign body, e.g. screw or nail, from the tyre.
– Unscrew the valve cap.
– Use the valve remover to remove the va lve core and place it down on a clean
surface.Seal and inflate tyresSealing tyres– Forcefully shake the tyre inflator bottle page 4, fig. 4 several times.
– Firmly screw inflation hose onto the tyre inflator bottle in a clockwise direction . The film on the cap is pierced automatically.
– Remove the plug from the inflation hose and plug the open end fully into the tyre valve.
– Hold the bottle with the floor facing up wards and fill the whole sealing agent in
the tyre inflator bottle into the tyres.
– Remove the empty tyre inflator bottle from the valve.
– Screw the valve core back into the tyre valve using the valve remover .
Pumping up the tyres– Screw the tyre inflation hose page 4, fig. 4 of the air compressor firmly onto
the tyre valve.
– Check whether the air re lease valve is closed.
– Start the engine and run it in idle.
– Plug the cable connector into the 12 Vo lt socket in the vehicle, see Owner's
manual.
– Switch on the air compressor with the ON and OFF switch .
– Allow the air compressor to run until reac hing a pressure of 2.0 - 2.5 bars for a
maximum of 8 minutes !
– Switch off the air compressor.
– If you cannot reach an air pressure of 2.0 - 2.5 bar, unscrew the tyre inflation hose from the tyre valve.
– Drive the vehicle 10 metres forwards or backwards to allow the sealing agent to
distribute in the tyre.
– Screw the tyre inflation hose of the air compressor firmly back onto the tyre
valve and repeat the inflation procedure.
– If you cannot reach the required tyre inflation pressure here either, this means the tyre has sustained too much damage. You cannot seal with tyre with the break-
down kit .
– Switch off the air compressor.
– Remove the tyre inflation hose from the tyre valve.
If you reached a tyre inflation pressure of 2.0 - 2.5 bar, resume driving at a maximum
speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).
Check the tyre inflation pressure after driving 10 minutes page 6, “Check after
driving for 10 minutes”.
WARNING
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During inflation, the tyre inflation hose and air compressor may get hot-
risk of injury!
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