Question for the car mechanics...

Quote by cfcuk2004
By louder do you mean the engine is revving more than usual? If so probably the clutch is knackered

Quote by creampie123
By louder do you mean the engine is revving more than usual? If so probably the clutch is knackered

Quote by northeastcoupleuk
By louder do you mean the engine is revving more than usual? If so probably the clutch is knackered

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Where's sheddy when you need him

Quote by creampie123
By louder do you mean the engine is revving more than usual? If so probably the clutch is knackered

Quote by sheddy
it's fooked simple as that :smug:
it could be the clutch, does it smell like burnt dogs around the engine bay when its been doing it.
Hell don't ask me I work for a finance company so I know sod all about cars

Quote by creampie123
it's fooked simple as that :smug: the longer you leave it the more damage and money it cost you
it could be the clutch, does it smell like burnt dogs around the engine bay when its been doing it.
Hell don't ask me I work for a finance company so I know sod all about cars

Quote by creampie123
Thankyou for the suggestions cfcuk and Sheddy. It's not actually over-revving tho cos the rev counter doesnt go up and up. It's over-revved once before ages ago so i know its not that...just incase anyone thinks it's that

Quote by Shireen
I dont want to scare you but Steve had his clutch done very recently and it would have cost us £560 if they hadn't done it under warranty :scared:

Quote by Mallock2006
It could be a layshaft bearing or input shaft bearing in the gearbox....
A diff bearing
Front wheel drive cars have the differential as an integral part of the gearbox...
One way to try it is to get up to around 50mph and put the car into neutral for a second and see if the noise changes...
Putting it into neutral will unload the input shaft and layshaft bearings..

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Although it is a woman driver so she might just have driven over her neighbours bin and not noticed it's trapped underneath :giggle:

Quote by swing_fun_cpl
Can i slip a quick one in.......
I have 2 auto mercs that have been stood for a few months and when i went to move them, the handbrakes?brakes on both appear to have stuck on! I have tried the rocking them back and forth between drive and reverse and still stuck. My question is will it damage the cars to drive them like that? is there anything i as non techie person can do to remedy this?
One of them is a 4matic (auto 4 wheel drive) does that make any diffrence to any of the questions above?
I dont want to do something that will make the situation worse...merc stealerships have had far too much money out of me to be giving them anymore.
Nicky

Quote by creampie123
For the past fortnight or so my car has been making noises it shouldnt. When I reach 40mph the engine has been louder than it should. I take it to 45/50mph in 4th gear and obviously gets louder. However, when I put it into 5th gear at this point, it is still as loud. When I reach 60/70mph, it sounds like I'm driving it in 4th gear still...get my drift? I just wondered why this is happening? It's as if it's not recognising 5th gear or something?
Before this started happening, me and Mr C could here a noise from the back of the car which, to me, sounded like a plate spinning on it's rims on a floor. This seems to have settled now.
I dunno if it helps but the car is a 51 reg Clio.
Thanx for any help or suggestions u can provide me.
Miss Cream xxx

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Depends, what colour are her nails....
Thats the first thing i thought of

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Depends, what colour are her nails....
Thats the first thing i thought of