Hydraulic oil in the footroom

Hi,

I'm slowly feeling chased by the V8 (my last one was a tamer). After the cooling water disappears, I now also have a pool of hydraulic oil in the driver's footroom.

I knew (since the removal of the carpet wg. The lamp), that in the footroom of the driver is a lot (dried) fat (rough after hydro oil), which slightly moistened its way from above the pedals to the bottom (pinning marks on the wall behind the pedals).

But today I noticed for the first time that the carpet is already wet on top (even the protective carpet over it !), and when I reach over it, it smells like hydraulic oil (!). However, I did not measure any measurable loss, measured by the balance tank.

I was looking for something like that in the forum (I imagined I had read it!), but I didn't find it: Is it brake fluid (is the same circle as for power steering etc. or ?) or liquid from the steering gear ? I used to pump and shoot, but it definitely doesn't drip! It's just wet, not really wet.

Have you ever had this (Fettlache in the footroom) and if so, what was it? Or what could it be yours?

Thank you !!

Bastian

PS.: ... who gets the panic pretty slowly, since his Mech just flew 3 weeks on holiday !!