Mercedes-Benz 190D 2.2 1984, Руководство пользователя

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C leaning and Care of the Vehicle
In o p e ra tio n , y o u r v e h ic le is s u b ­
je cte d to a g reat a m o u n t o f varying
e xte rn a l in flu e n c e s w h ic h , if gone
u n ch e cke d , can a tta ck th e p a in t­
w o rk as w e ll as th e u n d e rb o d y and
cause la stin g dam age.
Such dam age is caused not o n ly by
e xtre m e and v a ryin g c lim a tic c o n d i­
tio n s, b u t also by a ir p o llu tio n , road
salt, tar, gravel and sto n e c h ip p in g .
Grease and oil, fuel, co o la nt, brake
flu id , b ird d ro p p in g s , tree resins,
etc. s h o u ld im m e d ia te ly be rem oved
to avoid p a in t dam age. F requent
w a sh in g , how ever, reduces a n d /o r
e lim in a te s th e aggressiveness and
p o te n c y o f th e above adverse in flu ­
ences.
M ore fre q u e n t w a sh in g s are neces­
sary to deal w ith u n fa vo ra b le c o n d i­
tio n s ; fo r exam ple, near the ocean,
in in d u s tria l areas (sm oke, e xh a u st
em issions), o r d u rin g w in te r o p e ra ­
tion.
Y ou sh o u ld c h e c k y o u r ve h ic le fro m
tim e to tim e fo r sto n e c h ip p in g or
o th e r dam age. A ny dam age s h o u ld
be re paired as so o n as p o ssib le to
p re ve n t th e s ta rt o f c o rro s io n .
In d o in g so, do n o t n e g le c t the
u n d e rsid e o f th e car. A p re re q u is ite
fo r a th o ro u g h c h e c k is a w a sh in g
o f th e u n d e rb o d y fo llo w e d by a
th o ro u g h in s p e c tio n . Dam aged
areas need to be re -u n d erco a te d .
Y o u r v e h ic le has been treated at the
fa c to ry w ith a w ax-base ru s tp ro o f-
in g in th e b ody ca vitie s w h ic h w ill
last fo r th e life tim e o f th e vehicle.
P o s t-p ro d u c tio n tre a tm e n t is nei­
th e r necessary n o r reco m m e n d e d
by M ERCEDES-BENZ because of
th e p o s s ib ility o f in c o m p a tib ility be­
tw een m a te ria ls used in th e p ro d u c ­
tio n pro ce ss and o th e rs a p p lie d
later.
A fte r every e n g in e cle a n in g you
sh o u ld have th e e n g in e c o m p a rt­
m ent re -ru s tp ro o fe d . B efore rust-
p ro o fin g , all c o n tro l lin ka g e b u sh ­
in g s have to be lu b ric a te d w ith hy­
d ra u lic o il (c h e c k w ith y o u r local
M ERCEDES-BENZ d e a le rsh ip fo r
re c o m m e n d e d brands).
We have selected car-care p ro d u c ts
and c o m p ile d re c o m m e n d a tio n s
w h ic h are sp e c ia lly m atched to ou r
v e h icle s and w h ic h alw ays re fle c t
th e new est in te c h n o lo g ic a l sta n d ­
ing. You can o b ta in MB car-care
p ro d u c ts at every MERCEDES-
BENZ service s ta tio n .
S cratches, c o rro s iv e d e posits, c o r­
ro sio n o r dam age due to n e g lig e n t
o r in c o rre c t care c a n n o t always be
rem oved w ith th e ca r-ca re p ro d u cts
re c o m m e n d e d here. In such cases
it is best to seek aid at y o u r
M ER CEDES-BENZ se rvice sta tio n .
The fo llo w in g to p ic s deal w ith th e
c le a n in g and care o f y o u r ve h icle
and give im p o rta n t “ h o w -to ” in fo r­
m a tio n as w e ll as references to re­
co m m e n d e d MB car-care p ro d u cts.