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’
I
I
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.
There
are
only two reasons why the brake fluid level in When your brake fluid
falls
to a low level, your brake
your master cylinder might go down. The first
is
that the warning light will come on. See “Brake System Warning
brake fluid goes down to an acceptable level during, Light” in the Index.
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 bree system. If
it
is, you
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