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 Kia Picanto is one of the great classics. Although this process is very easy to conduct, some of you are most probably attempting to find why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are worried about how to do the brake fluid level on your Kia Picanto? We will now answer these questions.

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Advantage to always have the brake fluid level up in your Kia Picanto

So we start our guideline with the interest of checking the brake fluid level on a Kia Picanto. This fluid has a vital role on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your car. However, it is possible that after a while you may lose brake fluid in the normal way (without any leakage). It is as a result important to check the brake fluid level of your Kia Picanto regularly (every 10,000km for example). It is also wise to flush the system every 50,000km because with time the brake fluid will lose its attributes. This operation is specially simple and does not require amazing experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Kia Picanto owners to do it themselves. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Kia Picanto does not correspond to a lack of brake fluid, do not hesitate to consult our guideline for details. However, there are some precautions and rules to follow that we will notice in the up coming section of this guideline.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Kia Picanto

So now we will explain to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Kia Picanto. Please note that this is very simple to complete. However, you will have to check 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 info in the user manual of your Kia Picanto. Now here are the steps to stick to to make your level:

  • Open your cover and locate your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to identify, it is usually made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is based above the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once identified, browse the instructions on the cap carefully so as not to make any problems within the the operation, we suggest you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to look at the side of the tank and observe 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 Kia Picanto up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was under the “Min” mark before you checked the brake fluid level in your Kia Picanto, make sure you check the level in a few days/weeks to ensure you don’t have a leak in the brake system

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That’s it, you now have all the information you need to safely and securely fill the brake fluid level of your Kia Picanto.

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