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about a week ago i had my clutch replaced as it was causing problems getting into gear, especially reverse (would crucnh everytime i try to get into reverse gear)

anyway, i had the clutch changed, and now a week later i have noticed a rattling noise coming from the car (under the hood) when im stationary with the car turned on. If i press down on the clutch pedal the noise goes away, but as soon as i release the pedal, noise comes back. Its intermittant and i dont have any problem geting into gears and driving is fine.

But the fact theres a rattling noise when im not pressing the clutch down means somethings not right. Obviously im gonna take it back to the garage ASAP but i just wanted an idea of exactly what could be wrong. I dont want the garage to fob me off with some fairytale story about its non-clutch related etc.

any help much appreciated

at a long shot it could be the box, my old mk3 GT did this and eventually it lost 5th gear

forgot to mention i had my gearbox replaced about 11months ago and it still seems in good nick. i doubt its the box but never know.

does the noise increase when revs do? it could be the release bearing, but that would also make a noise when the clutch is depressed

xcore wrote:does the noise increase when revs do? it could be the release bearing, but that would also make a noise when the clutch is depressed

noise stays the same. Some of the time the noise isnt there, and seems to go away, however when stationary with the car on + in neutral it can be heard.

ive also noticed when it does this rattling noise, if i try put it in reverse i get a some crunching. However when the noise isnt there, no crunching at all.

maybe the forks on the cutch???

ive heard about this problem before

that sounds like 'box troubles mate