Gas
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• Open the door of the gas bottle cabinet.
• Close the main stop valve on the gas cylinder. Pay attenti-
on to the direction of the arrow.
• Unscrew the gas pressure regulator/ high-pressure hose*
by hand from the gas bottle (left-handed thread).
• Loosen the xing strap and remove the gas cylinder.
• Replace the full gas cylinder in the gas bottle cabinet and
carefully fasten it using the xing straps.
• Screw the gas pressure regulator/ high-pressure hose* by
hand on to the gas bottle (left-handed thread).
• Only when equipped with a crash sensor
*
:
Press on the hose rupture protection (green button) on the
high-pressure hose (see 09-7).
• Check that gas is not escaping from the connection point
using leak detector spray.
• Close the gas bottle cabinet door.
Do not smoke or ignite open ames while changing the gas
cylinders. After changing the gas bottles, check whether
there is any gas escaping from the tie-in point by spraying it
with leak detection spray.
Changing gas cylinders
Extendable gas bottle container
(optionalextra/model-specic)
The extendable shelf for the gas bottle container makes it
easier to exchange the gas bottles.
• To pull it out, pull the locking pin
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up to unlock it.
• To push it back in, push the shelf back to its original positi-
on until it noticeably locks into place.
When driving, the extendable shelf for the gas bottle con-
tainer must always be locked in its original position.
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