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Chapter 2: Car Troubles 49
7. Open the brake fluid tank. It should be empty.
8. Locate the power steering fluid tank. Find the
power steering line that leads out from the power
steering fluid tank. If you can’t figure out which
line to cut, take a chance: you’re going to plummet
off a cliff before the next commercial.
9. Cut the power steering fluid line.
10. Insert the power steering fluid line, which should
now be spewing fluid, into the brake fluid tank.
This should provide enough fluid to the brakes to
stop the car. However, the power steering fluid, as
any mechanic will tell you, should never be used
as brake fluid. However, most mechanics probably
doesn’t get into many high-speed car chases in the
former East Germany.
Why It Works
It doesn’t. In a hydraulic braking system, the brake
fluid transfers the force applied to the brake pedal
to the brake cylinder, causing the brake pad to press