and i have no idea where to put posts like this

but my car tonight, after driving it moderately hard, had a burning smell coming from it. it wasn't a smell i was familiar with - in other words, not engine oil, not tranny oil, not antifreeze. when i popped the hood, i could smell the distinct burning smell coming from around the master cylinder area.

any clues?

 

clutch?

 

Exactly what I was thinking. Nothing smells quite like burnt clutch

 

ah ****. coming from master cylinder area? i've smelled burnt clutch before, but i guess i just didn't realize it.

does this mean it's going out already? only 35k miles

 

Yep I was getting that long ago it kinda smelled like converters, but I had ORP.
You know the smell, yuck!

 

i wouldnt worry. its a cluch smell. mine does it somtimes. been quite a while since it started. never a problem though. it stincks like hell.