Owner`s manual

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Driving hints
The first 600 miles/10 00 km
Drive your vehicle at various speeds. Do
not use full throttle. Never allow the eng ine
to labour at low revs.
Make good use of all gears. Depress the
accelerator pedal a maximum of around
three quarters of the availa ble ped al travel
in all gears.
Do not drive faster than three quarters of
maximum speed.
Do not brake unnecessarily hard for the
first 125 miles (200 km).
The information concerns the engine and
parts of the power train, e.g. the final drive.
Never coast with engine not running
Many units will then not function (e.g. turn
signal lam ps, brake servo unit, power
ste ering 3, airbag systems). Driving in this
manner is a danger to yourself and others.
Brake servo un it
With the engine not running the brake
servo unit is no longer effective once the
brake pedal has been depressed once or
twice. The braking effect is not reduced but
substantially greater foot pressure is
necessary to stop the vehicle.
Po wer ste ering 3
If the power-assisted steering fails when
being towed with the engine switched off,
the vehicle can still be steered, but
considera bly more forc e is req uired.
Drivin g in moun taino us te rrain or
with a caravan/trailer
The cooling fan is electrically operated. Its
cooling p ow er is therefore independent of
the engine speed.
Since a considerable amount of heat is
genera ted at high engine speeds and less
at slower speeds, do not shift d ow n when
climbing hills whilst the vehicle is still coping
with the gradient in the higher gear.
Diesel engine: On gradients of 10 % or
more, do not drive fa ster tha n 20 mph
(30km/h) in first gear or 30 mph (50 km/h)
in second gear.
Driving with a roof load
Do not exceed the permissible roof load,
see pages 186, 257. For safety reasons,
distribute the loa d ev enly a nd se cure it
tightly with straps so that it cannot slip. Set
the tyre inflation pressure to the v alue
given for full load. Do not drive faster than
75 mph (120 km/h). Check and retighten
the straps at frequent intervals.
Switching off the engine
When you switch off, fans in the engine
compa rtm ent may continue running for a
time to cool the engine.
If the engine temperature is very high, e.g.
after driving in mountainous terrain: allow
the engine to id le for approxim ately two
minutes in order to prevent heat
acc um ulation.
Vehicles with engine Z 20 LET
1)
:
After running at high eng ine speeds or high
eng ine loads, op erate the engine briefly at
a low load or run in neutral for approx.
30 seconds before switching off in order to
protec t the turbocharger.
1)
Sales des ignation, see page 248.