Car Maintenance and Repair Tips : How to Check Your Cars Brake Fluid

[ben205vs]

He forgot to say that if the brake fluid needs topping up to use brake fluid and not water or engine oil. It usually says what brake fluid it takes (DOT3, DOT4, etc) on the brake fluid reservoir cap.

[MrCohibaboy]

i have a holden ve ss and i cant get the fucking brake fluid cap open to add more fluid, it wont fuckin turn open

[fostexz]

It's not safe to simply add fluid to the container since there are many reasons that the brake fluid is low, the brake pads or shoes could be low and so doing a brake job would raise the brake fulid level back up.