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14. Place the ty re re pair kit in its foam
container and wrap the strap a round
it. S nap the buc kle into place and
tighten the strap as ne ce ss ary.
1 5. Re move any e xce ss s ealant us ing a
cloth. S tow tyre re pair kit in lugga ge
compa rtm ent in its orig inal loca tion.
1 6. C ollap se warning triangle3 and s tow
in luggage compartm ent –
s ee page 1 35 .
17 . Continue driving imm ediate ly s o that
se alant is eve nly dis tribute d
throughout the tyre .
Afte r driving ap prox . 1 0 km (6 mile s)
( b ut no m o r e t h a n 1 0 m i n ut e s) , st o p
and check tyre pres s ure , us ing the
compressor:
Unlock air compre ss or hose from
unde rside of com pres sor unit b y pulling
the le ver up (s e e illustration). De tach
the hose from the se alant bottle a nd
pull out the hose .
Push a ir compre ssor hose direc tly on to
tyre valve and pus h leve r down to
se cure in plac e.1 8. Chec k the compres s or pre ss ure gauge.
As long a s the tyre pressure has not
dropped more than 0 .7 bar below the
correct ty re pre ssure, it may be
a dj u st e d t o t h e p r es cr i bed va l u e.
Repe at the procedure until the re is no
more loss of pressure .
If the ty re pre ssure has droppe d m ore
tha n 0. 7 b ar below the correct tyre
pressure , the vehicle must not b e
driven . Co n tact a w ork sh o p.
1 9. Stow ty re re pair kit in luggage
compartme nt.
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Im po rtan t The driving characte ristics of the re paired
tyre is se ve re ly affe cted , there fore hav e this
tyre rep laced without d elay by a w ork shop.
If unusual noise is heard or the compressor
become s hot, turn c om pressor off for at
least 30 m inute s.
The built-in safety va lve opens at a
pressure of 7 bar.
Protect compressor from moisture and
ra i n.Pay attention to storage inform ation and
be st before date on s ea lant bottle . I ts
s ealing c apability is not guarantee d after
this time.
The se alant bottle ca n only be use d once.
Re place use d s ealant bottle .
The compres s or and se alant can be us ed
from app rox . -3 0 °C.
Dispose of used tyre rep air kits in
acc orda nce with the applicable laws .
C onsumers must not be connected to the
acc es sory socke t at the sam e time whe n
the tyre re pair kit is be ing use d.
9 Wa r ning
Do no t d ri v e f a s t er t h a n 9 0 km / h
(5 5 m p h ) .
Have the re paired tyre re place d as s oon
as p ossible.
Do not d riv e with m ore than one
te mporarily re paired tyre.
Stee ring and handling may be affe cted .
Ta ke b ends slowly.
Only stow the ty re re pair kit in the
lugga ge c om partment.
