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"Why should you wanna know..... " 
When I picked up my car, I had a lot of questions. Mainly what were all these noises and were they normal. Searching the forums lead to a few answers, but I soon realised that everyone describes the noises they hear differently as well as where they think they're coming from.
So I though it might be a good idea if we had a thread dedicated just for noises. I think this will really help the new members understand what's going on with their car a bit better. It might even stop them freaking out thinking that something under the hood is having an electrical malfunction when the engine is off.
The way I think this could work would be, someone reports a noise. If others have the same noise or knows exactly what it is, they can post their answer. If no one knows what the described noise is, then the person can assume that it's not normal and take it back to the dealer/mechanic.
Just to get things rolling, here's a noise I picked up on last week.
LOCATION: Underneath car, transmission area.
SOUND: Clunks and rattles
WHEN/HOW IT OCCURS: If I coast over a speed hump with the clutch held in. It sounds like the transmission is rattling around. Also, if I then dump the clutch I'll hear a clunking noise. Only happens in 2nd at a low speed.
When I picked up my car, I had a lot of questions. Mainly what were all these noises and were they normal. Searching the forums lead to a few answers, but I soon realised that everyone describes the noises they hear differently as well as where they think they're coming from.
So I though it might be a good idea if we had a thread dedicated just for noises. I think this will really help the new members understand what's going on with their car a bit better. It might even stop them freaking out thinking that something under the hood is having an electrical malfunction when the engine is off.
The way I think this could work would be, someone reports a noise. If others have the same noise or knows exactly what it is, they can post their answer. If no one knows what the described noise is, then the person can assume that it's not normal and take it back to the dealer/mechanic.
Just to get things rolling, here's a noise I picked up on last week.
LOCATION: Underneath car, transmission area.
SOUND: Clunks and rattles
WHEN/HOW IT OCCURS: If I coast over a speed hump with the clutch held in. It sounds like the transmission is rattling around. Also, if I then dump the clutch I'll hear a clunking noise. Only happens in 2nd at a low speed.
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