Dicky Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Apologies for yet another 370 enquiry but as a new owner I've one more concern to resolve to make me happy. My drive slopes up from the street to a single garage at the top so you have to drive very slow and ride the clutch a bit when driving in. When putting the car in, I drive quite slowley towards the door to line it up. When doing this I can her a metallic clanking noise as the clutch is released to move forward. Does anyone else experience this noise at very low speed. It sounds to me like timing chain slap although I'm pretty sure it's not as this has just been inspected in the last couple of days. It could also be clutch related but I'm not sure what type of clutch is in there or how it normally sounds. The cars only done 36k mls and as far as I'm aware the clutch is standard, however I've email the former owner on this but not received a reply as yet. Edit: I should have said the car runs perfectly on the road, no noises at all ( other than tyre roar ) Edited December 10, 2016 by Dicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 What ! no one has noticed this. I'm getting worried now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanman312 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Not axle click is it well documented on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Not axle click is it well documented on here Thanks for the input. No I don't think so because it's only when going up my drive at slow speed. On the flat there's no problem. I was wondering if it had a single mass flywheel (the noisey one) but the previous owner doesn't seem to know what's fitted so I assume it must be original. I was just wondering if anyone else has experience it. I'll check if any heat shields are loose but after that I'm concerned if it might be possible clutch problems, but then again there's no noises on the flat ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richf Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Clutches and gearbox are a bit noisy on these cars , i wouldnt worry if it doesnt do it on the flat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 As Rich says you hear all kinds of noises from the transmission when going slowly, i wouldn't overly worry tbh, it seems that was the way they made them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 That puts my mind at rest a bit, thanks. It could be something or nothing but unfortunately I always tend to fear the worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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