Noisy Appears When The Clutch Is Up On My 02 Is200

[teshman]

Hi to all,

I have a 02 IS200 sport which has covered only 69k, but recently when i start it a noise appears, but once i put the clutch down it disappears, but then re-appears when i put the clutch pedal back up.

I've been told by a few different mechanics that its the clutch release bearing or throwout bearing and to change it would cost from £350 just to change the clutch kit to £1600 to change the lot including the flywheel.

I was also wondering if anyone could advise me as to whether i need to actually have the flywheel changed since the mileage isn't so high and I barely do 10,000 miles a year.

Any advice would be great.

regards

Tesh

[ormi]

itll be the realese bearing i would buy a clutch kit which comes with the bearing how many hours are they charging you??its a 2.5 hour job max.....

[teshman]

hey Ormi,

Thanks for your reply, one garage has said that they will charge about £400, but i've noticed Fensport do a clutch kit for about £150 which seems good. What would you suggest??

[ormi]

the fensport one sounds good,buy that one then phone around the garages mate just for the time seriously though its a 2.5 hour job

[teshman]

Nice one ormi, i'll definitely go with the Fensport one. I'll need to find a mechanic that can do it within that time frame. Do you think the original Flywheel will be ok once the clutch has been fitted!!!

[ormi]

you wont be able to tell until you remove the clutch but if theirs no judder then it should be fine..that is the book time 2.5 hours you cant argue with that!!

[teshman]

hey Ormi, Cheers for your advice, really appreciate it and i'll definintely argue with the 2.5hrs if they reckon its going to take longer.

[Chuckie888]

I was of the understanding that a Release/Throw out bearing would be noisy when the clutch pedal is depressed (clutch dis-engaged) and that it's probably the flywheel(excessive movement) or g/box input shaft bearings if its the other way around.

[Mr.Rudus]

clutch thrus bearing it is. pow! :winky:

[E910]

Very common problem, seems it could release bearing, spigot bearing or dual mass flywheel causing the noise. Doesn't seem to cause any harm just annoying on a nice car like this.

There's a good thread here with peoples different findings http://z4.invisionfr...showtopic=11129

[J,s is200]

I have put a new clutch in my is200 and I still have the chirping sound 

I dont have a dual mass flywheel as it was converted for more power but I put an excedy clutch kit in and the noise was still there 

what else can this be please?