Among the small service works that you should do regularly on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Citroen Jumper is one of the most classics. Nevertheless this action is very easy to do, some of you are most likely wanting to know why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are questioning how to do the brake fluid level on your Citroen Jumper? We will now answer these questions.
Benefit to always have the brake fluid level up in your Citroen Jumper
So we start our article with the benefit of looking at the brake fluid level on a Citroen Jumper. This fluid has an essential role on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your car. However, it is possible that with time you may lose brake fluid without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is consequently very important to verify the brake fluid level of your Citroen Jumper regularly (every 10,000km for example). It is also advisable to flush the system every 50,000km because with time the brake fluid will lose its features. This process is extremely simple and does not require evolved experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Citroen Jumper owners to do it themselves. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Citroen Jumper does not correspond to a lack of brake fluid, do not think twice to read our article for details. However, there are some precautions and rules to respect that we will notice in the up coming section of this article.
How to fill up the brake fluid of a Citroen Jumper
So now we will show to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Citroen Jumper. Please notice that this is very elementary to accomplish. However, you will have to verify which brake fluid is the right one for you between DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5. Most cars use either DOT 3 or DOT 4. You will obtain this data in the user manual of your Citroen Jumper. Now here are the steps to stick to to make your level:
- Open your bonnet and situate your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to identify, it is in most cases made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is placed over the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
- Once found, browse the instructions on the cap attentively so as not to make any mistakes during the process, we encourage you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to have a look at the side of the tank and see 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 adequate 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 Citroen Jumper up to the mark “Max”.
- If the level was under the “Min” mark before you examined the brake fluid level in your Citroen Jumper, be sure to verify the level in a few days/weeks to be 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 securely fill the brake fluid level of your Citroen Jumper.
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