Among the small maintenance acts that you should do regularly on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Kia Rio is one of the most classics. Although this work is very easy to do, some of you are probably wondering why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are wondering how to do the brake fluid level on your Kia Rio? We will now answer these questions.

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Benefit to always have the brake fluid level up in your Kia Rio

So we commence our article content with the significance of looking at the brake fluid level on a Kia Rio. This fluid has an essential function on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your car. On the other hand, it is possible that after a while you may lose brake fluid without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is as a result fundamental to check the brake fluid level of your Kia Rio frequently (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 attributes. This operation is particularly simple and does not require advanced expertise of mechanics, so it is easy for all Kia Rio owners to do it themselves. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Kia Rio does not match to a lack of brake fluid, do not hesitate to read our article content for details. On the other hand, there are some safety measures and rules to respect that we will discover in the up coming section of this article content.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Kia Rio

So now we will describe to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Kia Rio. Please be aware that this is very basic to complete. On the other hand, you will have to check 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 get this data in the user manual of your Kia Rio. Now here are the steps to follow to make your level:

  • Open your cover and find your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to find, it is generally made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is set above the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once discovered, read the instructions on the cap carefully so as not to make any problems within the the operation, we recommend you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to 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 suitable for your Kia Rio up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was under the “Min” mark before you inspected the brake fluid level in your Kia Rio, make sure to check the level in a few days/weeks to make certain you don’t have a leak in the brake system

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That’s it, you now have all the info you need to securely fill the brake fluid level of your Kia Rio.

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