Clutch vibration
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C230K coupe
Clutch vibration
Hi.
This is my first post, lets see how it goes
I drive a 2003 C230K Coupe, 1.8 with 175 000 km on theclock.
I owned this car for 2 years now and so far it did not costme a cent to fix anything. Just services and consumables. But recently a new noise have developed that I want to give attention to. Before I go to a repairshop, I would like to know what the problem could be.
In the mornings particularly, when reversing out of mygarage and turning steeply, my steering makes a moaning or say creaking sound.When driving away, through corners etc, I do not hear this sound anymore. It’snot loud so that may be the reason I don’t hear it while driving forward.
What could the problem be? Is this something serious thatneeds to be checked out or is this just because of the age of my car and themileage it has covered?
Problem 2
Sometimes when the car was driven a couple of miles andcompletely warmed up, I can feel a slight vibration from the clutch/gearboxwhen pulling away from a standstill in first gear. There are no other problemsand there is no vibration in any other gear when driving. Just when pullingaway from standstill. It does not happen every time. When I drive away with abit more spirit, the vibration is totally absent. What could be the possiblecauses of this?
I hope these are not serious problems.
This is my first post, lets see how it goes
I drive a 2003 C230K Coupe, 1.8 with 175 000 km on theclock.
I owned this car for 2 years now and so far it did not costme a cent to fix anything. Just services and consumables. But recently a new noise have developed that I want to give attention to. Before I go to a repairshop, I would like to know what the problem could be.
In the mornings particularly, when reversing out of mygarage and turning steeply, my steering makes a moaning or say creaking sound.When driving away, through corners etc, I do not hear this sound anymore. It’snot loud so that may be the reason I don’t hear it while driving forward.
What could the problem be? Is this something serious thatneeds to be checked out or is this just because of the age of my car and themileage it has covered?
Problem 2
Sometimes when the car was driven a couple of miles andcompletely warmed up, I can feel a slight vibration from the clutch/gearboxwhen pulling away from a standstill in first gear. There are no other problemsand there is no vibration in any other gear when driving. Just when pullingaway from standstill. It does not happen every time. When I drive away with abit more spirit, the vibration is totally absent. What could be the possiblecauses of this?
I hope these are not serious problems.
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Is there any chance there could be oil on the clutch? If a transmission input shaft seal were to leak, transmission oil would contaminate the clutch, causing "chatter" when engaging from a stop. Changing gears would not exhibit the chatter, as all the parts are already moving, not starting from a stop.
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C230K coupe
Is there any chance there could be oil on the clutch? If a transmission input shaft seal were to leak, transmission oil would contaminate the clutch, causing "chatter" when engaging from a stop. Changing gears would not exhibit the chatter, as all the parts are already moving, not starting from a stop.
I've read somewhere that oil on the clutch can do this, but thought I read it is only happening on auto gearboxes.
But this is something I can make sure of.
Thank you.
