Among the small service works that you should do regularly on your car, to fill up the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Polo 5 is one of the most classics. Even though this process is very easy to carry out, some of you are almost certainly wondering 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 Polo 5? We will now answer these questions.

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Benefit to always have the brake fluid level up in your Volkswagen Polo 5

So we start our article with the interest of verifying the brake fluid level on a Volkswagen Polo 5. This fluid has a crucial function on your car, transmit the braking power to the wheels and thus stop your vehicle. However, it is possible that with time you may lose brake fluid without any particular leak (without any leakage). It is as a result very important to check the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Polo 5 often (every 10,000km for example). It is also wise 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 evolved expertise of mechanics, so it is easy for all Volkswagen Polo 5 owners to do it themselves. If the Brake light on the dashboard of your Volkswagen Polo 5 does not match to a lack of brake fluid, do not hesitate to browse our article for details. However, there are some safety measures and rules to respect that we will see in the up coming part of this article.

How to fill up the brake fluid of a Volkswagen Polo 5

So now we will explain to you how to do the brake fluid level on a Volkswagen Polo 5. Please take note that this is very basic to carry out. However, you will have to check 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 info in the user manual of your Volkswagen Polo 5. 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 in most cases made of whitish/transparent plastic, it is located on top of the master cylinder (metal part) and has a yellow cap.
  • Once found, examine the instructions on the cap carefully so as not to make any problems within the the process, we advise you to clean the cap and the tank before opening. You will now be able to examine 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 Volkswagen Polo 5 up to the mark “Max”.
  • If the level was under the “Min” mark before you examined the brake fluid level in your Volkswagen Polo 5, be 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 information you need to safely and securely fill the brake fluid level of your Volkswagen Polo 5.

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