Fuel
consu mption
Et han ol(E85 )co ntains lessenerg yper gallon
th an gaso line. To ensure that theen gin e
per forman cewithet han ol(E85 )is sim ilar to
th at when usinggaso line, thee ngine mu st
bu rn mor eetha nol.Asar esult, itis to be
expect edthat fuelconsumption willincrease
when usingethanolfuel (E85 ),compared to
gasoline.
Maint enance
Inf orm your authoriz edMercedes- Benz
Center thatyouareoperatin gor have
operated thevehicle withethan ol(E85 ).
Low outsid etemp eratures
St artin gtimes maysignific antlyincrease at
temper aturesbelow32‡(0 † ).At low
outside temperatures, Mercedes- Benz
recom mends theuse ofan auxiliary heater.
For furth erinfor mation ,con sult anauthoriz ed
Mercedes- BenzCent er.
Rough idlingmayalsobeexperien cedatlow
outside temperaturesuntiltheengin eis fully
warmed up.
Et hanol (E85)is unsuitable foruse ifoutside
temper aturesfallbelow 14‡(-10 †).
High outside temperatures
At outsi detempera turesabove95 ‡(35 †) ,
the timereq uired forthe starting pro ced ure
ma yincr ease and beacc omp anied byrou gh
id ling followi ng the start.
Fu elrequ iremen ts Gas
olin een gine s
Use onlypre mium -gra deunleade dga soline.
Th eocta nenum bers hould beatleast 91.
Details canbefound onthe gas pump. The
octane number isthe average valueofthe
Research OctaneNumber (RON)andthe
Motor Octane Number (MON):(RON+
MON) /2, also known asknoc kresistance. Reformulated
gasoline(RFG)and/or
unleaded gasolinewithadditives canbeused.
However, theconc entration ofadditives in
the fuel must beless than 10%, e.g.
R Ethan ol
R TAME
R ETBE
R IPA
R TBA
For MTBE, theconc entration should not
exceed 15%.
The conc entration ofmethanol ingasoline
including otheradditives mustnotexceed 3%.
Using mixtures ofmethanol andethanol isnot
permitted. Gasohol,amixture of10% ethanol
and 90% unleaded gasoline,canbeused.
All ofthese mixfuels must fulfillthefuel
requirements, e.g.:
R knoc kresistance
R boiling point
R vapor pressure
Diese lengine s–i mporta ntsaf ety notes
! Onlyus ecomm ercially av ailabl e ULT RA-
LOW SULF URDIESEL FUEL(ULSD, 15ppm
MAX IMUMSULF UR)tha tmee tsthe
ASTM D975standa rd.Failure to use
ULT RA-L OWSULF URDIESEL FUEL(ULSD)
can sever elyda ma gethe vehicle'sexh aust
ga saf tertr eatment syste m.
! Donot fill the tank with gasol ine .Do not
bl end dies elfuel with gasol ine orkero sene.
Othe rwise, the fuel syste ma ndthe engine
cou ldbe dama ged.
To pre vent malfunctio ns,diese lfu el with
imp rove dflo wcha racteri stics isavailabl e in
the winter month s.Ch eck with your gas
sta tion.
Info rma tiono nthe fuel grade canusua llybe
found onthe gas pump. Ifthe information
cannot befound onthe gas pump, askthegas
station personnel. Forfurther information ,
consult anauthorized Mercedes-Ben zCent er 386
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