Engine chirping

[moviestar]

Can you help me figure this out? its been making this chirping noise a while when it idles and I don't have the clutch in, but when I clutch down it works just fine with no noise. First problem i've had since I replaced the engine last year.

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[Millhouse]

Honestly it sounds normal to me and I can't hear the chirping you are talking about.

[moviestar]

yeah the camera was pretty shitty. it sounds like a high pitched squeal and only occurs when I am idling or at low revs with the clutch disengaged

[Bdub215]

i dont hear anything out of the ordinary. sounds like mine. well kinda

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[moviestar]

meh, it just chirps a bit ill try to get a better quality video camera because there is a definitive chirp it didn't used to have....I haven't driven it in a few months though so maybe I just need to shake out the cobwebs.

[Milky]

sounds like you have a noisy throw out bearing. since you have not driven the car in a few months, it is possible that the bearing has a little bit of surface rust. i can just barely make out a feint noise in the video. but the symptoms are screaming throw out related.

[moviestar]

What's a throw out bearing and how do I fix it? I didn't even think to look at the serpentine belt to check for damage

[jbod]

that actually sounds just like my motor. i don't really hear the chirping, but i wouldn't mind listening if you can get a better video somehow. it sounds identical to my motor which i have been worried about myself for a while now, and everyone confirming your motor was alright has gotten me happy that mine is alright. though the one problem mine has which noise your car doesn't have it a slight rattling in the exhaust. somewhere down below the manifold. i was freaking myself out thinking it was lifters or a tap which i didn't know why, because i've never ran the oil dry, or went past 6k miles tops between oil changes. it's good now though.

[Milky]

Originally Posted by moviestar

What's a throw out bearing and how do I fix it? I didn't even think to look at the serpentine belt to check for damage

this is just easier than me trying to explain it.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm/printable
scroll down to diaphragm clutch. watch the animation. the throw out bearing is a bearing that rides on the pressure plates fingers (springs) this would explain why the sound changes when you engage/disengage the clutch. could be just the bearing getting a bit noisy. could be surface rust from sitting and its just making noise as its cleaned off. i wouldnt worry about it.

[moviestar]

Originally Posted by Milky

this is just easier than me trying to explain it.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm/printable
scroll down to diaphragm clutch. watch the animation. the throw out bearing is a bearing that rides on the pressure plates fingers (springs) this would explain why the sound changes when you engage/disengage the clutch. could be just the bearing getting a bit noisy. could be surface rust from sitting and its just making noise as its cleaned off. i wouldnt worry about it.

so...much...work....but that would make sense....