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!!!

The noise is the throw out bearing.

thanks, but could you attempt to explain it in lay man's terms? so it's perfectly normal? why are you trying to fix it?

No, it's not.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...rollover+noise
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...44&postcount=5
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...01&postcount=2
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...26&postcount=3

Yeah, that's different, you have something besides the normal 'rollover' noise that the thread starter is hearing.

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.

cool. thanks all. i feel much better about the 27K i just spent now. :)

No worries mate, sounds like your issue is commonplace. Congrats on the new car. Welcome to the forum.

My bad..... guess everything you read on the internet is not 100% accurate.
Thanks for clearing that up.