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igreek · 02-03-2011, 02:50 PM

Today on the way to school my S13 (KA) started making a whining noise from the transmission area. It wasn't that loud, but it was more apparent on the way back. When accelerating in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear it makes an loud whining noise, but it is fine in 4th; which from researching I understand is because of the 1:1 ratio in 4th. When the push the clutch pedal down the noise goes away, be it in neutral or in gear. When in neutral it there is a chattering noise, not loud, but there.

The tranny has about 155,000 on it and when I got the motor from the last owner it had 140,000. From what I've read, could it be the throwout bearing? I was thinking of changing the clutch, but I wanted to make sure that it wasn't something else before I do.

02-03-2011, 02:50 PM	#1
igreek Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Georgia Age: 32 Posts: 84 Trader Rating: (5)	S13 KA Transmission Whine Today on the way to school my S13 (KA) started making a whining noise from the transmission area. It wasn't that loud, but it was more apparent on the way back. When accelerating in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gear it makes an loud whining noise, but it is fine in 4th; which from researching I understand is because of the 1:1 ratio in 4th. When the push the clutch pedal down the noise goes away, be it in neutral or in gear. When in neutral it there is a chattering noise, not loud, but there. The tranny has about 155,000 on it and when I got the motor from the last owner it had 140,000. From what I've read, could it be the throwout bearing? I was thinking of changing the clutch, but I wanted to make sure that it wasn't something else before I do.