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Originally Posted by Rezi
Hmmm, interesting.
The only heatshield that i'll have is the oem frontpipe and it looks pretty rusty to me when looking down from the engine bay.
Shouldnt it create that noise even in neutral?
Anyway i will change the TOB, new clutch disc, new pressure plate and an lw flywheel next month. Gonna investigate the heatshield and tap it a little to see if it is loose somehow.
Maybe the bolts on it came loose because my catback has such thick walls, you can feel the vibration of it even at idle.
Also do you know if the TOB can make a "grind" noise at idle? Clutch pedal pressed -> no noise, clutch pedal released -> noise. Sounds like when you "grind" two stones together. That one i could easily record.
Thanks for your help!
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Well, it could be that when the engine is torqueing over when it is under load, the parts could hit each other. Maybe not so when the engine is torqueing over less in neutral (not under load).
A bad TOB can make a "bad" noise anytime the engine is running. It's an "active" TOB which means it's always in contact with the fingers of the pressure plate (it just doesn't push on them real hard until you push in on the clutch pedal).
A "bad" TOB can make all kinds of weird noises; whining, screaming, grinding, howling, crunching and a few others.
Before you go to the time and expense of replacing all that clutch related stuff, I'd suggest you get it up a rack and inspect the heat shields to see if they even come close to another body part ...... if so, bend them back.
While you have it up there, you might as well change the transmission oil to see if that settles it down.
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