Strange Noise

[pauljmcnulty]

Sounds a lot like mine. I get a sound that I described to my indie as "a moose under the car going whoooooooooo". It only happens when the car's very hot, particularly stuck in traffic. It stops when the clutch is depressed. He immediately suggested clutch bearing. Something I'm going to be ignoring unless it gets worse, as the new clutch was one of the main selling points for my S2 and I don't want to have that expense.

 

[amrbose14]

I have a similar noise. Clutch release bearing is the usual suspect ( they all do that sir) but part of it seems to be loose stuff rattling in the front box on the exhaust. I only discovered that when underneath sealing up a blow in the joint. Chris 87 220T

 

[tinsoldier]

Hi there,

I have a strange noise seemingly coming from the rear (its never too easy to tell)

I can only describe it as a whoosing/rubbing sound that sounds like its rotating.

1. It stops if I drop the Clutch
2. It doesnt happen until after a good few miles and everythings warmed up
3. It never seems to happen at speed (but it would be hard to tell I guess), happens generally when driving around town,
4. Its loud enough for me to be embarrassed.

Anyone got any pointers as to what it could be, or what to do to try and narrow the possible suspects down.

 

[tinsoldier]

So it is likely to be the clutch release bearing? could it be anything else? Are there any tests i can perform to try and confirm? sounds like a big job