Hi guys,

a friend has just got out to her car and found red/brown gunge (she might mean a viscous liquid) over her clutch pedal.

Diagnosis?

Dog pooh

Any mechanical fluid possibilities? Hydraulic m/c? Brake fluid? Powersteering fluid? Clutch m/c?

I know nothing about these cars!

[Edited on 18/5/10 by cd.thomson]

i think ka's have a clutch cable. and the brake MC is on the passenger side of bulkead.

have to agree with dog pooh sounds most likely!

over greasing of the pedal linkage

The clutch master cylinder is located just above the clutch pedal under the dash so that might be a clue

How about heater matrix leaking rusty water? does it dissolve in water? therefore not oil based problem

heater matrix would be my bet how old is it?

Either, clutch fluid, but thats unlikely to be described as "red" (but not unknown), or, coolant from the heater matrix which would be red.

adrian

heater matrix leak i would bet, if it was clutch you would have the low fluid on the dash as they all feed from same res

Try the sniff test. If is smells of rust it's probably heater matrix, if it smells of brake fluid then clutch cylinder, if you retch and throw up it's dogs egg.

wrong time of month?

Not unkown for the scuttle plenum chamber to rust through on Fiestas ---