Among the small maintenance acts that you should do regularly on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Arteon is one of the great classics. Even though this process is very easy to do, some of you are probably questioning why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are concerned about how to do the brake fluid level on your Volkswagen Arteon? We will now answer these questions.

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Advantage to always have the brake fluid level up in your Volkswagen Arteon

So we commence our guideline with the interest of looking at the brake fluid level on a Volkswagen Arteon. This fluid has a crucial role on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your vehicle. However, it is possible that in the long run you may lose brake fluid in the normal way (without any leakage). It is therefore very important to check the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Arteon often (every 10,000km for example). It is also advisable to flush the system every 50,000km because after some time the brake fluid will lose its properties. This procedure is particularly simple and does not require amazing experience of mechanics, so it is easy for all Volkswagen Arteon owners to do it on their own. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Volkswagen Arteon does not match to a lack of brake fluid, do not hesitate to have a look at our guideline for details. However, there are some safety measures and rules to respect that we will see in the up coming section of this guideline.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Volkswagen Arteon

So now we will show to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Volkswagen Arteon. Please note that this is very elementary 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 vehicles use either DOT 3 or DOT 4. You will get this information in the user manual of your Volkswagen Arteon. Now here are the steps to adhere to to make your level:

  • Open your cover and identify your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to locate, it is in most cases made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is based on top of the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once identified, browse the instructions on the cap mindfully so as not to make any mistakes within the the procedure, we suggest 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 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 suitable for your Volkswagen Arteon up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was below the “Min” mark before you examined the brake fluid level in your Volkswagen Arteon, make sure to check the level in a few days/weeks to be 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 Volkswagen Arteon.

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