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Operation
Engine compartment
You can check the engine oil level with
the oil dipstick
̈ Open the hood (୴ page 171).
̈ Pull out oil dipstick 1 (୴ page 175) and
wipe the tip clean.
̈ Reinsert the oil dipstick into the dip-
stick guide tube as far as it will go.
1 Oil dipstick
̈ Pull out the oil dipstick again after
approximately 3 seconds.
The oil level is acceptable when it
leaves a line between the upper and
lower marks of the dipstick.
For adding oil (
୴ page 175).
See “Practical hints” (
୴ page 200) if the
low engine oil level warning lamp in the in-
strument cluster lights up.
You can check the engine oil level on the
odometer display (SLK 320 and
SLK 32 AMG only)
̈ Turn the key in the steering lock to
position 2.
1 Knob
̈ Wait until the symbols : and I
appear in the odometer display indica-
tor.
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Fill quantity between upper and lower
dipstick marking level is approximately
2.1 US qt (2.0 l).
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