Technical data
Fuels, coolants, lubricants
Premium unleaded gasoline
(gasoline engine)
Fuel requirements
!
To maintain the engine’s durability and per-
formance, premium unleaded gasoline must be
used. If premium unleaded gasoline is not avail-
able and low octane fuel is used, follow these
precautions:
Gasoline engine
Warning!
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Only use premium unleaded fuel:
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Have the fuel tank only partially filled with
unleaded regular gasoline and fill up with
premium unleaded gasoline as soon as
possible.
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The octane number (posted at the
pump) must be 91 min. It is an average
of both the Research Octane Number
(RON) and the Motor Octane Number
(MON): (RON+MON)/2. This is also
known as the ANTI-KNOCK INDEX.
Gasoline is highly flammable and poisonous.
It burns violently and can cause serious
personal injury.
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Avoid full throttle driving and abrupt
acceleration.
Never allow sparks, flame or smoking mate-
rials near gasoline!
Do not exceed an engine speed of 3000 rpm
if the vehicle is loaded with a light load such
as two persons and no luggage.
Turn off the engine before refueling.
Unleaded gasoline containing oxygenates
such as ethanol, IPA, IBA and TBA can be
used provided the ratio of any one of these
oxygenates to gasoline does not
Whenever you are around gasoline, avoid in-
haling fumes and skin or clothing contact,
extinguish all smoking materials.
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Do not exceed 2/3 of maximum accelerator
pedal position if the vehicle is fully loaded or
operating in mountainous terrain.
exceed 10%; MTBE must not exceed 15%.
Direct skin contact with fuels and the inha-
lation of fuel vapors are damaging to your
health.
The ratio of methanol to gasoline must not
exceed 3% plus additional cosolvents.
Using mixtures of ethanol and methanol is
not allowed. Gasohol, which contains
10%
ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline,
can be used.
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz GL-Class Manuals, Mercedes-Benz Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercedes-Benz GL320 CDI, Mercedes-Benz GL450, Mercedes-Benz X164 |
| Model Year | 2007 |
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| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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