Hi all,
Just a quick heads up about some clutch issues I have been experiencing. I have a horrible rattle/grinding sound when in low gears/load on the engine that at first I thought to be heatshield rattle. After a little more development and diagnosis I am now pointing this to the clutch. I have experienced a little gear grinding and the pedal is heavy which I can only attribute to a worn clutch. Also in neutral and all gears is a faint high pitched whine that doesn't change with the clutch pedal in or out. The main grinding sound can be heard in neutral however when rattling but disappears when pushing the clutch in and revving. At the moment I am thinking this could be the release bearing but I took it to Honda and they seem to think it is clutch spring rattle but either is plausable as the car has done 127,000 miles and I have no record of the clutch being changed. As I only purchased the car a month ago from a Honda main dealer, they are offering to fit me a new clutch kit with transmission oil and driveshaft oil seals for £295 which is quite reasonable compared to some quotes I had.
Just a quick heads up about some clutch issues I have been experiencing. I have a horrible rattle/grinding sound when in low gears/load on the engine that at first I thought to be heatshield rattle. After a little more development and diagnosis I am now pointing this to the clutch. I have experienced a little gear grinding and the pedal is heavy which I can only attribute to a worn clutch. Also in neutral and all gears is a faint high pitched whine that doesn't change with the clutch pedal in or out. The main grinding sound can be heard in neutral however when rattling but disappears when pushing the clutch in and revving. At the moment I am thinking this could be the release bearing but I took it to Honda and they seem to think it is clutch spring rattle but either is plausable as the car has done 127,000 miles and I have no record of the clutch being changed. As I only purchased the car a month ago from a Honda main dealer, they are offering to fit me a new clutch kit with transmission oil and driveshaft oil seals for £295 which is quite reasonable compared to some quotes I had.
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