quick question about brake fluid

[eugenesxyby999]

My brake light doesnt go off when I put e brake down. it goes away on its own after driving for a few miles or so.

im guessing maybe brake fluid might be down.

where is the brake fluid resevoir? a picture would be helpful.

thanks

 

[TotalEclipse21]

Brake light switch.

 

[eugenesxyby999]

ok where is the brake light switch and where is the brake fluid resevoir

 

[TotalEclipse21]

Brake light switch is under the center console somewhere near the E-brake. The brake reservoir is under the hood near the drivers side against the firewall, it will be the bigger of the two reservoirs there if you have a manual transmission car.

 

[TSi Kid]

It will have a white cap and two lines will be hooked up to it.

 

[eugenesxyby999]

thanks a lot

 

[Anthony95TSiAWD]

Wait isn't the e break cable operated? So break fluid would not be the problem, right?

 

[LiquidX]

The brake light will also come one if the brake fluid for your hydraulic brakes is low as well. Both switches (e brake and fluid level) go to the same "idiot light".

Go fill your reservoir but if the fluid was low enough that air may have entered then you need to bleed out your brake lines as well.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

Can anyone tell me where to put the gas?

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Can anyone tell me where to put the gas?

Under the hood, There will be a cap that says oil. Ignore that and put gas in there. .

But yeah, the resivoir is in the engine bay right in front of where the driver sits. Careful not to spill brake fluid on the paint. It will eat the paint away.

 

[tazndrew04]

or you can always buy a manual they come in real handy for questions like this. Go with a chiltons has better pictures than a haynes

 

[TSi Kid]

Can anyone tell me where to put the gas?

Oh how this made me laugh. I needed that today .

 

[navyvr4]

something's wrong with the switch

 

[eugenesxyby999]

there is 2 reservoirs with white caps, 1 is bigger then the other.

 

[Tyeler18]

The small one is clutch and should just pull off. The big is brake and should twist off.