Clutch making strange sounds
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Being my first manual car...
My car makes a sound when I push the clutch pedal in. I think it's new-- never noticed it before. I'd describe it as a sad trombone. It
makes almost no noise as it's released. Recorded it being pushed in and
released three times -- see attached MP3. Audible from both inside and
outside the car. Might be coming from near the clutch slave cylinder. Clutch fluid level is within normal range -- didn't bother to uncap /
examine the fluid itself though. Clutch was replaced about ~3000 miles ago. I'm not sure but I don't
think that includes the slave cylinder... Should I worry about this? Does this simply mean that some joint needs
lubrication (like the pivot point attached to the clutch slave
cylinder), or something worse (like something internally wrong in the
slave cylinder itself)? Really, I just wanted to test out posterous's ability to handle audio
uploads. In any case, maybe it's just in my head, but the sounds have
stopped.
