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14. Place the tyre repair kit in its foam
container and wrap the strap a round
it. Snap the buc kle into place and
tighten the strap as necessary.
15. Remove any excess sealant using a
cloth. Stow tyre repair kit in lugga ge
compa rtm ent in its orig inal loca tion.
16. Collap se warning triangle
3
and stow
in luggage compartm ent –
see page 135.
17. Continue driving imm ediately so that
sealant is evenly distributed
throughout the tyre.
After driving ap prox. 10 km (6 miles)
(but no more than 10 minutes), stop
and check tyre pressure, using the
compressor:
Unlock air compressor hose from
underside of com pressor unit b y pulling
the lever up (see illustration). Detach
the hose from the sealant bottle a nd
pull out the hose.
Push a ir compressor hose direc tly on to
tyre valve and push lever down to
secure in plac e.
18. Chec k the compressor pressure gauge.
As long a s the tyre pressure has not
dropped more than 0.7 bar below the
correct tyre pressure, it may be
adjusted to the prescribed value.
Repeat the procedure until there is no
more loss of pressure.
If the tyre pressure has dropped m ore
tha n 0.7 b ar below the correct tyre
pressure, the vehicle must not b e
driven. Contact a w ork shop.
19. Stow tyre repair kit in luggage
compartment.
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