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Hi all, new member - new owner here. I just bought a 2006 beetle for my daughter. I taught her how to drive it (its a manual) and she has been doing fine out on her own for the past week. Today she encountered a very steep hill with a stop sign at the top and rode the clutch hard trying not to roll back. The car, I'm assuming the clutch, started smoking so she shut the car off and called me. When I got there I could smell the clutch, it was pretty bad, and when I opened the hood, there is what looks like break fluid all over the place. It had sat for about twenty min and it was cooled off, so I drove it home. The drive home was fine, there were no issues with shifting and the smell eventually went away after 15 min. Everything seams fine. My question is where did all the brake fluid come from and is it even brake fluid? Any suggestions on what I need to check? Could a hose have come lose or could pressure have just forced it out? Thanks in advance for your expertise. (this beetle has the 2.5)
Bill.
Bill.