This recently started happening, out of nowhere. If im sitting at a red light, car in gear, clutch depressed, everything sounds fine. the second i put it into neutral and let go of the clutch, this low pitched whine is heard until i press down the clutch again. the only thing that happened to the car recently, is my muffler tip fell off but that cant be it. what can this be?

 

well i dont feel any shifting problems with the transmission, or the clutch. car drives really good

 

It would drive fine in the initial stages of the bearing going bad, depending on the situation.

 

Whoa whoa hold on.

I misread your post.

You have one of two problems, either your throwout bearing is going bad, or your input shaft bearing is.

Apologies.

Does the sound get louder with rpm?

 

well theres also a whistling noise present when i accelerate, which may be a belt. but this one doesnt get any louder, at leats i cant hear it over my CAI and busted muffler

 

A loose belt will be a lot louder than a "whistle," it will be more like a "squeal".

I'm willing to bet it is the throwout bearing, but try just putting it in neutral, letting the clutch out, and revving it, see if you can hear what the sound does.

 

when bearings go out, you just keep driving until ur next clutch change right? o_O assuming u can deal with the annoyance

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mgags7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">A loose belt will be a lot louder than a "whistle," it will be more like a "squeal".

I'm willing to bet it is the throwout bearing, but try just putting it in neutral, letting the clutch out, and revving it, see if you can hear what the sound does.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well its somewhere between the too, only present when i touch the gas pedal, even lightly
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dagle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when bearings go out, you just keep driving until ur next clutch change right? o_O assuming u can deal with the annoyance</TD></TR></TABLE>
well the previous owner put in a performance clutch and there's only 124K on the car, a little too early for that i would hope

 

well i got confirmation that its the throw out bearing. now how much potentail tranny damage is possible driving it the way it is?