ekblack9

okay so heres the deal. my car is making some ugly kind of a grind noise. first when its idling it does it and as soon as i put my clutch pedal all the way in it stops.
when i take off it doesnt do it again till like 3,500 rpms and its louder and faster.
everything is performing the same but its just making that noise.
oh and i have a 97 civic hatch dx if that helps. any help is greatly appreciated thanks

na+b18c_hatch

could be a heat shield. or sometimes the stock exhaust manifold will rattle inside and make that kind of noise.

crossbones

Does it sound a bit like two knives scratching together?? mine made that noise at certain revs, and as said before it was the heat sheild above the cat. Rip it off you don't need it

ekblack9

it didnt do it before is what also is wierd..but it sometimes also makes the noise when im driving and i switch gears from the point i put the clutch in and take it out the gear and throw it to the next. but ill try the heat shiled also

AntiochOG

Sounds like your input shaft bearing to me.

Sanda1s

its your throw out bearing... cheap but a pain in the *** to change. You might as well put in a new clutch while your at it.

ekblack9

dont know much about that but how much does it run to fix something like that?
by the way thanks for the replies guys : )

ekblack9

i wouldnt know to do that myself but how much would they charge if i took it to a shop