engine sounds different when clutch depressed?
11-15-2004, 11:04 PM
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engine sounds different when clutch depressed?
hey everyone! just bought my rx-8 two days ago! i bought a used rx-8 with only 4,000 miles on it. i checked the carfax and that came back clear. is there anything else i shoudl check? i got it from a dealer, so it can't be a lemon, right?
also, when i'm just sitting idle in my car with the engine on, and i depress the clutch, the engine produces a steady consistent noise, which goes away after i release the clutch. it doesn't sound bad, and it sounds like it could be perfectly normal. but that's what i want to make sure, that it's perfectly normal.
i've never made a purchase this big before, so i'm just a bit paranoid. thanks!!!
also, when i'm just sitting idle in my car with the engine on, and i depress the clutch, the engine produces a steady consistent noise, which goes away after i release the clutch. it doesn't sound bad, and it sounds like it could be perfectly normal. but that's what i want to make sure, that it's perfectly normal.
i've never made a purchase this big before, so i'm just a bit paranoid. thanks!!!
11-16-2004, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by nojooc
The noise is the throw out bearing.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...rollover+noise
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11-16-2004, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by abbid
In my case, i will find out tomorrow. I took my 8 in last thursday, and i showed him what i was talking about, he said it was definately NOT normal, and they will be dropping my tranny tomorrow. The service manager said it definately sounds like the T/O is going bad. Its the normal chattering, but ontop of that, it has a very annoying squeel..
I know what you mean about the squeel - had that on a Peugeot I had in college. It turned out to be the transmission main bearing, not the throwout, but that wasn't determined untill they dug into it. Definitely an exception.
11-16-2004, 06:37 PM
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My bad..... guess everything you read on the internet is not 100% accurate.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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