Brakes
Brake Master Cylinder
Your brake master cylinder is here. It
is
filled with
DOT-3 brake fluid,
,
should have your brake system fixed, since
a
leak means
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
necessky, only when work is done on the brake
hydraulic system.
1
Refer to the Maintenance Schedule to determine when
There are only two reasons why the brake fluid level in
to
check your brake fluid,
See
“periodic Maintenance
your
master cylinder might go down. The first
is
that the hspections,~
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
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