Brakes
Brake Master
Cylinder
Your brake master cylinder is here. It is filled with
DOT-3
brake fluid.
that sooner or later your brakes won’t work well, or
won’t work at all.
So,
it
isn’t a good idea to
“top
off’
your brake fluid. Adding brake fluid won’t correct a
leak. If you add fluid when your linings are worn, then
you’ll have too much fluid when you get new brake
linings. You should add (or remove) brake fluid, as
necessary, only when work is done on the brake
hydraulic system.
When your brake fluid falls to a low level, your brake
There are only two reasons why
the
brake fluid level
in
warning light
will
come on. See “Brake System Warning
your master cylinder might
go
down. The first
is
that the
Light”
in
the Index.
brake fluid goes down to an acceptable level during
normal brake lining wear. When new linings are
put
in,
the fluid level goes back up. The other reason is that
fluid is leaking out
of
the brake system.
If
it
is, you
should have your brake system fixed, since a leak means
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