Among the small service acts that you should do on a regular basis on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Crafter is one of the great classics. Although this act is elementary to carry out, some of you are almost certainly questioning why to do the brake fluid level on your car? And others are worried about how to do the brake fluid level on your Volkswagen Crafter? We will now answer these questions.

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

So we start our content page with the interest of checking the brake fluid level on a Volkswagen Crafter. This fluid has an important role on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your vehicle. However, it is possible that as time passes you may lose brake fluid without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is consequently necessary to verify the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Crafter often (every 10,000km for example). It is also beneficial to flush the system every 50,000km because with time the brake fluid will lose its features. This process is specially simple and does not require amazing knowledge of mechanics, so it is easy for all Volkswagen Crafter owners to do it on their own. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Volkswagen Crafter does not match to a lack of brake fluid, do not be reluctant to browse our content page for details. However, there are some precautions and rules to follow that we will check out in the up coming part of this content page.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Volkswagen Crafter

So now we will show to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Volkswagen Crafter. Please be aware that this is very basic to perform. 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 obtain this data in the user manual of your Volkswagen Crafter. Now here are the steps to stick to to make your level:

  • Open your bonnet and situate your brake fluid reservoir, it is very easy to find, it is generally made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is located over the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once uncovered, read the instructions on the cap carefully so as not to make any mistakes within the the process, we encourage you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to examine 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 enough 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 Crafter up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was below the “Min” mark before you checked the brake fluid level in your Volkswagen Crafter, make sure you verify 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 information you need to safely and securely fill the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Crafter.

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