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Checks
Fuel
Capacity of the tank: approximately 57 litres (petrol) or 55 litres (Diesel).
Low fuel level
Refuelling
Whenthelowfuellevelisreached,
thiswarninglampintheinstrument
panelcomeson,accompaniedbyan
audiblewarning,amessageandthe
lastbarofthefuelgaugecomeson
inorange.
F Takecaretoselectthepumpthatdelivers
thecorrecttypeoffuelforyourvehicle.
F Introducethenozzlesoastopushinthe
metalnon-returnflapA.
F Makesurethatthenozzleispushedinas
faraspossiblebeforestartingtorefuel(risk
ofblowback).
F Maintainthispositionthroughoutthe
refuellingoperation.
F Pushthefuelflaptocloseit.
If you are filling your tank to the top, do
not persist after the 3rd cut-off; this could
cause malfunctions.
Alabelontheinsideofthefuelfillerflap
remindsyouofthetypeoffueltouse,
dependingonyourenginetype.
Additionsoffuelmustbeofatleast5litresto
beregisteredbythefuelgauge.
Whenitfirstcomeson,about 6 litres of fuel
remaininthetank.
Untilsufficientfuelhasbeenadded,thiswarning
lampappearseverytimetheignitionisswitched
on,accompaniedbyanaudiblewarninganda
message.Thisaudiblewarningandmessage
arerepeatedwithincreasingfrequencyasthe
fuelleveldropstowards"0".
Refuelassoonaspossibletoavoidrunningout.
Openingthefillerflapmayresultinaninrushof
air.Thisisentirelynormalandresultsfromthe
sealingofthefuelsystem.
F Presstherearedgeoftheflaptoopenit
(thefillercapispartofit).
With Stop & Start, never refuel with the
systeminSTOPmode;youmustswitch
offtheignitionwiththeSTART/STOP
button.