Among the small maintenance acts that you should do regularly on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Toyota Rav 4 is one of the great classics. Although this work is simple to complete, some of you are likely concerned about why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are concerned about how to do the brake fluid level on your Toyota Rav 4? We will now answer these questions.

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Advantage to always have the brake fluid level up in your Toyota Rav 4

So we start our content page with the benefit of looking at the brake fluid level on a Toyota Rav 4. This fluid has an important role 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 without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is as a result necessary to verify the brake fluid level of your Toyota Rav 4 on a regular basis (every 10,000km for example). It is also advisable to flush the system every 50,000km because as time passes the brake fluid will lose its properties. This process is specially simple and does not require amazing experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Toyota Rav 4 owners to do it on their own. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Toyota Rav 4 does not correspond to a lack of brake fluid, do not be reluctant to have a look at our content page for details. However, there are some precautions and rules to follow that we will see in the following part of this content page.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Toyota Rav 4

So now we will describe to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Toyota Rav 4. Please take note that this is very elementary to do. 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 get this data in the user manual of your Toyota Rav 4. Now here are the steps to adhere to to make your level:

  • Open your hood and find your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to identify, it is generally made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is located on top of 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 process, we encourage 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 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 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 Toyota Rav 4 up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was beneath the “Min” mark before you checked the brake fluid level in your Toyota Rav 4, make sure you verify the level in a few days/weeks to ensure that 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 properly fill the brake fluid level of your Toyota Rav 4.

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