rexemper
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- R230 SL500 - oh yeah!
Hi
Was driving the R230 today, decent run of about 40 miles. Parked up and left it for about 2 hours. Came back and started it and got the red 'ABC Drive Carefully' warning. Drove it for about a minute till it was safe to stop, warning was still on dash.
Switched it off and then re-started (didn't lock the car or wait 2 minutes etc.) and car started normally with no warning on the dash.
Drove back with no warnings coming on, but kept the speed quite low just to be safe.
Got home and waited for car to cool down a bit and then checked the levels - the ABC fluid shows as in-between the hot and cold marks. Fluid is still quite green in colour.
So, should I just top up the fluid and monitor it or is it likely that its something else/more expensive?? Is it normal to lose fluid?
PS I thought there may have been more of a pump type noise from the car when driving at very low speed/coasting but that could just have been paranoia or the fan blowing to keep the engine cool.
Thanks
Was driving the R230 today, decent run of about 40 miles. Parked up and left it for about 2 hours. Came back and started it and got the red 'ABC Drive Carefully' warning. Drove it for about a minute till it was safe to stop, warning was still on dash.
Switched it off and then re-started (didn't lock the car or wait 2 minutes etc.) and car started normally with no warning on the dash.
Drove back with no warnings coming on, but kept the speed quite low just to be safe.
Got home and waited for car to cool down a bit and then checked the levels - the ABC fluid shows as in-between the hot and cold marks. Fluid is still quite green in colour.
So, should I just top up the fluid and monitor it or is it likely that its something else/more expensive?? Is it normal to lose fluid?
PS I thought there may have been more of a pump type noise from the car when driving at very low speed/coasting but that could just have been paranoia or the fan blowing to keep the engine cool.
Thanks