felex6 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hi, I'm a new proud owner of 350z, just done my introduction to this friendly forum last week Been enjoying driving the car since I got it, really loving it! BUT There's something I've noticed from the first time I moved it out of my garage but haven't paid much attention to it until recently. Noise from underneath the car on idle, which disappears when clutch peddle is pressed down. I've done research through forum's search but couldn't draw a definite conclusion. If it's just the noise Zs have from dual mass flywheels or if it's first sign of a gearbox failure. Are any actions required to sort this out? Other 2, possibly related, issues I noticed so far are: 2 - Clunck in the clutch pedal, whist it's being pressed (clunck is about half way down). 3 - In 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears, foot off gas, there's a slight whining noise as car reaches 2000 rpm. It doesn't sound too bad, just like a slowing down sound. Not sure if that's normal though. My car is 07 model with just 5k on a clock and with manufacturer's warranty until April this year. Another 6 months extended were offered to me by the dealer. I took car today to a local Nissan garage in Epsom and they told me that I'll have to pay for inspection or take it to the dealer I bought the car from (which is in Plymouth). Guy also said they'll have to strip down a gearbox for inspection and there's still a good chance they will not find any faults. Estimate is £400 btw. I then caught a mechanic outside the garage and in a friendly manner asked him to have a listen to this noise. He say in the car for about 5 mins playing around with a clutch pedal and said he's not sure what it is. He then offered me to check out another roadster which they had outside. It turned out it has got the exactly same noise on idle. I'm genuinely confused. Any ideas, guys? Having paid a lot for this car I was hoping to enjoy it before I start any repairs I was wondering if there's another owner of standard-ish 350Z around Kingston / Surbiton area, so I could compare these issues with another car. Or maybe one of you aces live in the south-west wing of M25? Many thanks in advance. Taras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Sounds like the standard flywheel noise to me. Mine has made the same for all 20,000 miles of its life so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Everything you describe sounds perfectly normal to me, just a case of TADTS. Nothing to worry about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 could be clutch release bearing. The clutch is a bit noisey without the clutch pressed down. Pretty normal but dont know how noisey your is. There shouldn't be any clunking during the process of the pedal being pressed. I dont get it anyway. pm ZMANALEX. He's good on this sort of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Taras did you have the recall letter for yours ? Mine was an 07 roadster and the recall was for the clutch slave cylinder and other stuff but on the face of it sounds normal to me anyway. The thrust release bearings do tend to grumble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Is that a chewitts roadster? first one i've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Guys, thanks for quick response Taras did you have the recall letter for yours ? Mine was an 07 roadster and the recall was for the clutch slave cylinder and other stuff but on the face of it sounds normal to me anyway. The thrust release bearings do tend to grumble Stan, what's a recall letter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Totally normal for the Zed. More noticable on the Roadster though for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Is that a chewitts roadster? first one i've seen! Chewitts??? Man... every forum/car has its own slang, this will be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Is that a chewitts roadster? first one i've seen! Chewitts??? Man... every forum/car has its own slang, this will be fun You've been Tangoed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Oh, I see Yeah, it's Chewitts then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Guys, thanks for quick response Taras did you have the recall letter for yours ? Mine was an 07 roadster and the recall was for the clutch slave cylinder and other stuff but on the face of it sounds normal to me anyway. The thrust release bearings do tend to grumble Stan, what's a recall letter? A recall letter is from Nissan to tell you your car needs to go to the dealer for a (potential) problem to be sorted out at their cost. BTW your local dealer has a responsibility to do warrany and service on your car - if they refuse then you should get it in writing and send a copy to Nissan Customer service who will promptly dump on the dealership from a great height - Have a word with martinmac about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Guys, thanks for quick response Taras did you have the recall letter for yours ? Mine was an 07 roadster and the recall was for the clutch slave cylinder and other stuff but on the face of it sounds normal to me anyway. The thrust release bearings do tend to grumble Stan, what's a recall letter? Hiya - sorry had to dash off - answered already but last year the 07 roadsters seem to have a recall on the slave clutch cylinder - means a gearbox out job - also the alarm fettled at the same time. Afterwards my thrust release bearing seemed to be a lot quieter- ie, they probably put some grease on it! Check with Nissan UK or the stealer there should be a record for your car - maybe its not needed for your chasis number though so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Great, I've filled in a contact form requesting a call back about any recalls on my car. I'm kinda relieved that such noise means nothing serious. But still worth doing a check with Nissan. Mine isn't very noisy, can't hear it unless it's quiet outside or i'm in the garage. The clunck when pressing clutch pedal is more like a grinding feel rather than a clunck... Thanks for your input, guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 This problem is GLOBAL!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23yK8Cxzc Mine doesn't sound so bad but still... Don't know if I should bother stressing out by dealing with Nissan forcing them to fix this or should I just fit uprated clutch and flywheel in some time Has anyone suffered any further damage by not taking care of the cause for this noise? I'm confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 glad someones documented it, you can hear it slightly in mine but essentially its the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 haha yeah chewits, its a perfect match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 can i just say all copyright to chewits as applied to a zed belongs to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Common nixy, 50/50% ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felex6 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Nissan just confirmed there's no recalls on my Zed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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