I got stranded today and got to see my TT on the back of a tow truck. While I was driving my clutch pedal became stuck all the way to the floorboard. After pushing it into a spot I noticed a trial of oily fluid. After calling the tow truck I noticed that a nice puddle had collected underneath. Any guesses of what might have broken?

 

Slave cylinder most likely. It is fed off the brake fluid reservoir.

 

well check ur fluid lol, look to see where it is coming from.. check the slave cylinder and the lines. Replace the faulty unit, bleed the clutch and have a good day

 

Thanks. It is already dark and to be honest if I were looking at it I wouldn't even know the part name. Does anyone know how many hours it is to change a slave cylinder, if that were the problem? Just trying to gauge what Im looking at to pay for it to get fixed. Just saved enough money to get my A/C fixed. Trying to figure out how far this is going to set me back.

 

After a google search I found this:

"Usual cars have a spring in the master cylinder, so no matter what happens at the clutch and slave cylinder, the pedal comes back up. Then, a pedal-on-the-floor-defect usually means master cylinder failure. In contrast, where pedal feels fine but doesn't operate the clutch usually signals a slave cylinder failure. Of course, leaking fluid either place is almost a guarantee that's where the failure is."

I'm guessing Master cylinder sincethe pedal is stuck down.

 

Uuuggh!! Now I find this supporting the slave cylinder on audiworld:

"If the slave cylinder goes, you can't release the pressure on the clutch, so it is _always_ engaged (engine locked to transmission).

If the cylinder has completely failed, you know, because the pedal won't come off the floor. The clutch pressure plate pushing against the slave piston is the only thing which pushes back (through the hydraulics) against the pedal."