Among the small maintenance acts that you should do on a consistent basis on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Seat Ateca is one of the great classics. Nevertheless this action is very easy to complete, some of you are likely concerned about why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are worried about how to do the brake fluid level on your Seat Ateca? We will now answer these questions.

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Benefit to always have the brake fluid level up in your Seat Ateca

So we start our article with the interest of verifying the brake fluid level on a Seat Ateca. This fluid has a fundamental task on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your automobile. However, it is possible that over time you may lose brake fluid without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is as a result very important to examine the brake fluid level of your Seat Ateca regularly (every 10,000km for example). It is also wise to flush the system every 50,000km because over time the brake fluid will lose its attributes. This process is particularly simple and does not require advanced experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Seat Ateca owners to do it on their own. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Seat Ateca does not correspond to a lack of brake fluid, do not be reluctant to seek advice from our article for details. However, there are some precautions and rules to respect that we will check out in the up coming part of this article.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Seat Ateca

So now we will show to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Seat Ateca. Please note that this is very elementary to complete. However, you will have to examine which brake fluid is the right one for you between DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5. Most automobiles use either DOT 3 or DOT 4. You will find this info in the user manual of your Seat Ateca. Now here are the steps to follow to make your level:

  • Open your bonnet and find your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to locate, it is usually made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is set over the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once established, browse the instructions on the cap attentively so as not to make any problems within the the process, 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 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 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 suitable for your Seat Ateca up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was beneath the “Min” mark before you examined the brake fluid level in your Seat Ateca, make sure you 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 info you need to safely and securely fill the brake fluid level of your Seat Ateca.

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