cati
ons arepr ohi bite dby law. Inaddi tion, modif i‐
cations couldleadto damag eto thecat alytic
con verter s, incr eased fuelconsum ption and a
de terior ation intheengine operating conditions .
f) Irre gular itieswhen operating theengine
shou ldbe rectif ied imm ediately by an
aut hor ized SprinterDe aler .Suc hirre gular
oper ating condit ionsmayaf fect thecor rect
ope ratio nof theemissions control system.
If th eChec kEn gine indicat orlam plights upin
th eins trument clusterwhi letheengine isrun‐
ning ,th er ema ybe amalfunct ionintheengine
con trol system ortheemissions control system. Cautiona
rynotesfo rthe exhaus tga saf te r‐
tr eat men tsy stem –diesel engines Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withan exhaus tga s
af te rtre atm entsystem inorder tofulf illthecur‐
re nt emi ssions regulations fordies elengines in
re gions inwhic hth eve hicle hasbeen certified
fo rsal e.Ke ep your vehicle inapr oper condition
in accor dance withth emaint enanc ere comme n‐
da tions .
The follo wing instruct ions mustbe adher edto: a)
Diese leng inesre qu ire UL TRA-LOW SUL‐
FUR HIGHW AYDIESEL (ULSD)FUEL(max.
15 ppm sulfur) asper standar dAS TM D975.
The vehicle exhaus tga saf te rtre atm entsystem
can beseverely da ma gedifUL TRA -LOW SULFUR
HIG HWAYDIESEL (ULS D) FUEL isno tus ed .
b) We appr ovetheuse ofbio-d iesel B5
(s tand ardULSD withup to5% bio-diesel con‐
te nt) inall BlueTEC dieselengines.
Diesel fuelwithahigher percent ageof bio-die‐
sel, e.g. B20 andpurebio-diesel coulddamag e
th eengine orthefuel system and areno tper mit‐
te d.
Yo ucan obtain further information from an
aut hor ized Sprinter dealer orataga sst atio n.If
th eidentif ication oftheB5 bio-diesel mixture
does notclear lyindicat eth at itfulf ills the
re qu iremen tsmen tionedabo ve,th efuel mayno t
be used. Damag ear ising from theuse offuels,
whic hdo notmee tth efuel standar dsappr oved
by us, areno tco veredby thelimit edwarrant y
fo rne wvehicles. c)
The specif iedmaint enance workon the
engine mustbe per form ed infull and atthe
re qu ired interva ls.
d) The oper ation oftheex haus tga saf te r‐
tr eat men tsy stem mayno tbe mod ified in
an ywa y.Modif ications arepr ohibit edbylaw. In
addi tion, modif ications couldleadto damag eto
th ecat alytic converter s, incr eased fuelcon‐
sum ption and ade terior ation intheengine oper‐
ating conditions .
If th eCH ECK ENGINE indicat orlam plight sup in
th eins trument clusterwhi letheengine isrun‐
ning ,th er ema ybe amalfunct ionintheengine
con trol system ortheex haus tga saf te rtre at‐
men tsy stem.
Ha ve thecause forth emalfunct ionrectif ied in a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop without delay.We
re comme ndthat youuse anaut hor izedSpr inter
dealer . Ser
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