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Old Nov 12, 2015 | 06:24 PM
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Drive through car wash now clutch squeeks.

Went through a touch-less laser wash that had a under body spray included. Immediately after it finished and told me to pull forward through the big dryer cannons my clutch had a LOUD squeak. Since then its gotten very quiet, but still has a faint squeak. Any ideas? My transmission is 15k miles old so i dont think my throw out bearing or something went bad midst car wash, i'm just assuming it just shot water somewhere it should'nt have.. Thanks guy.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 10:43 AM
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I highly doubt it has anything to o with the car wash. And your trans has 15k on it but does that mean you replaced the clutch, resurfaced the flywheel, installed a new pilot bearing, installed a new throw out bearing, and adjusted everything propelrly?
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 03:31 PM
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It was done at a dealership under warranty. Everything was replaced with brand new parts all the way up to the clutch pedal. I'm sure of it because i payed 1300 out of pocket for things that they didn't want to cover. As far as adjusted properly, i would hope they did that.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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I blame the car wash because it was literally fine before i went in. i felt the high pressure water plow the underside of my car. then put it in gear to proceed forward and it squeaked very loudly.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 03:38 PM
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There is nothing that could be affected by spraying water. I would check your work order and see what exactly was replaced, dealers generally don't do anything they are not forced to do.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 03:43 PM
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Fair enough. Like i said the noise has died down to where i have to want to hear it at this point.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 05:06 PM
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Similar thing happens when it rains hard here (South FL) to my 8. It does get more quiet and eventually will stop. Not sure what causes it though, I just assumed it was some water getting in somehow.
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