Among the small maintenance acts that you should do on a regular basis on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Alfa Romeo Mito is one of the most classics. Although this action is elementary to accomplish, some of you are most probably wondering why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are questioning how to do the brake fluid level on your Alfa Romeo Mito? We will now answer these questions.

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Advantage to always have the brake fluid level up in your Alfa Romeo Mito

So we start our content page with the interest of looking at the brake fluid level on a Alfa Romeo Mito. This fluid has a major function on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your automobile. However, it is possible that in the long run you may lose brake fluid in the normal way (without any leakage). It is as a result imperative to examine the brake fluid level of your Alfa Romeo Mito often (every 10,000km for example). It is also beneficial to flush the system every 50,000km because as time passes the brake fluid will lose its characteristics. This process is really simple and does not require amazing experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Alfa Romeo Mito owners to do it on their own. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Alfa Romeo Mito does not match to a lack of brake fluid, do not think twice to read our content page for details. However, there are some precautions and rules to follow that we will see in the next part of this content page.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Alfa Romeo Mito

So now we will explain to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Alfa Romeo Mito. Please note that this is very elementary to do. However, you will have to examine which brake fluid is the right one for you between DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5. Most vehicles use either DOT 3 or DOT 4. You will obtain this data in the user manual of your Alfa Romeo Mito. Now here are the steps to adhere to to make your level:

  • Open your bonnet and locate your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to situate, it is usually made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is located over the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once identified, read the instructions on the cap carefully so as not to make any problems during the process, we recommend you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to take a look at the side of the tank and check out the “Min” and “Max” marks on the side of the tank, which give you the range in which the level should be.
  • If the level is sufficient do not touch anything, or if you are close to or below the low mark, open the cap and fill it gently with the brake fluid appropriate for your Alfa Romeo Mito up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was under the “Min” mark before you checked the brake fluid level in your Alfa Romeo Mito, make sure examine the level in a few days/weeks to make sure you don’t have a leak in the brake system

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That’s it, you now have all the data you need to safely fill the brake fluid level of your Alfa Romeo Mito.

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