"Tim Watkins" wrote
Is there any particular reason why they decided to use brake fluid in the
> system? I've got a leaking slave cylinder (96 Pontiac Grand AM). It's
> not worth the money or effort to fix the issue. It's a very slow leak,
> but just fast enough (in summer) to be irritating. I was thinking I could
> flush the whole system out and put power steering fluid in the system with
> the stop leak stuff. Might be just enough to stop the leak for a year or > two.
Ever seen what happens when some lube flunky mistakenly puts ps fluid in a brake master cylinder? Same thing will happen in your scenario.
What do ya think?
Either fix the thing right, or just park the car.
Ian