Mercedes-Benz 300 SE 1993, Owner'S Manual

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Starting and Turning O ff the
Engine
B efo re Starting
E ngage parking brake and ensure
selector lever is in position ” P ” or
” N ” . Turn key in steering lock to
position 2. The charge indicator
lam p should com e on.
Cold Engine
Do not depress a ccelerator. Turn
key in steering lock clockw ise to
the stop. Release key only w hen
the engine is firin g regularly.
Hot Engine
Do not depress accelerator. Turn
key in steering lock clockw ise to
the stop. If the eng in e has not
fired after approx. 4 seconds,
depress a ccelerator and continue
cranking until the engine is firing
regularly. Release key and back
off accelerator.
At very high coolant tem peratures
the engine starting tim e can be
shortened if the a ccelera tor is de­
pressed slow ly at the beg in nin g of
the starting process.
Turn the key in the steering lock to
position 0 to stop the engine.
The key can only be rem oved with
the selector lever in position ” P ” .
If the c o olan t tem p era ture is very
high (e.g. after hard d riving on
m ountain roads), do not shut off
the e ng in e im m ediately, but allow
it to run for 1 - 2 m inutes at in ­
creased idle speed with selector
lever in position “ P ” or “ N ” .
Turning Off
Due to the installed starter non­
repeat feature, the key m ust be
turned co m p le te ly to the left before
attem pting to start the engine
again.
O bserve the oil pressure gauge
im m e diately after starting the
engine. In a very cold engine the
oil pressure w ill rise slow ly after
the eng in e has started. Do not
speed up the engine before pres­
sure is registered on the pressure
gauge. If you do not see the
gauge register oil pressure, stop
the eng in e and have it checked.
The ch arge ind icato r lam p should
go out as soon as the engine has
started.
In areas w here tem peratures fre­
q ue ntly drop below - 4 ° F ( - 2 0 ° C)
we recom m end that an engine
block heater be installed. Your
authorized M ercedes-B enz dealer
w ill advise you on this subject.
Important!