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Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Brunei
Caribbean driving on the Oman
left
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Kazakhstan
Qatar
Pakistan
Panama
Ukraine
Uruguay
Cayman Islands
China
Costa Rica
Kenya
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
USA
Kyrgyz Republic
Columbia
Cuba
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
United Arab Emirates
Democratic Republic of
Philippines
the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Dubai
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eritrea
Kuwait
Laos
Lesotho
Lebanon
Liberia
Puerto Rico
Republic of Congo
Rwanda
Russia
Zambia
Vietnam
West Sahara
Central African Republic
Ivory Coast
Libya
Macao
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Fiji
Gabon
Madagascar
Seychelles
3.7
Country overview for petrol not compli‐
ant with EN 228
Examples in fuel inadequacies that can lead to shortened main‐
tenance / exchange intervals:
♦ Petrol contaminated with diesel
♦ High sulphur content
♦ Poor boiling point / evaporation
♦ Metallic components / Octane Booster Additive
♦ Contaminants in petrol
Abu Dhabi
Afghanistan
Egypt
Algeria
Angola
Georgia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Syria
Tajikistan
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Equatorial Guinea
Nepal (Indian subconti‐
nent)
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Ethiopia
Honduras
India
Indonesia
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Trinidad and Tobago
Chad
Dutch Overseas Territo‐ Tunisia
ries
Bahamas
Iraq
Niger
Turkey
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belize
Benin (Dahomey)
Bermudas
Iran
Nigeria
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Jamaica
Yemen
Jordan
Cameroon
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Bhutan
Bolivia
Cape Verde
Papua New Guinea
Venezuela
United Arab Emirates
Caribbean, left-hand traf‐ Paraguay
fic
Brunei
Kazakhstan
Peru
Vietnam
Burkina Faso (Upper Vol‐ Qatar
Philippines
West Sahara
ta)
Burundi
Chile
China
Kenya
Republic of Congo
Rwanda
Russian Federation
Zambia
Central African Republic
Macao
Libya
Kyrgyz Republic
Columbia
Cuba
Costa Rica
Democratic Republic of
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
the Congo
Djibouti
Laos
Senegal
Dominican Republic
Dubai
Ecuador
El Salvador
Ivory Coast
Eritrea
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Lebanon
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Malaysia
Mali
Morocco
Mauritania
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
South Sudan
Zimbabwe
Sudan
Suriname
3.8
Engine code and engine number
Engine code and engine number are located:
♦ On vehicle data sticker ⇒ page 25
♦ On type plate
Or
⇒ ; Rep. gr. 00 ; Identification; Engine number/engine features
3.9
Severe operating conditions
If the vehicle is used under severe operating conditions some
work will have to be performed before the next service is due or
at shorter service intervals.
•
•
•
Regular short trips or stop and go operation in urban traffic
High percentage of cold starts
Vehicle is used in areas with winter temperatures over a long
period
•
•
Regular long periods of idling (e.g. taxis)
Vehicle is often driven at full throttle with high payload or whilst
towing a trailer
•
•
•
Using diesel with elevated sulphur content
Regular operation in areas with high levels of dust
Countries with generally poor road conditions such as high
number of potholes, protrusions, high elevations in the road/
deep “tramlines”.
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