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Cooper Man · Jul 19th, 2004, 03:37 PM

Has anybody had a problem with a noisy transmission idle?
I normally have my radio on, but this morning I decided not to.
Once I'd parked at work, I popped the 'box into neutral, lifted the clutch and thought "What the **** is that?"
The noise disappeared after pressing the clutch, so I would assume it is the idler gear making a bit of a racket.

Malin Dixon · Jul 19th, 2004, 06:58 PM

Could be part of the clutch. On a previous car, not a mini, I had a rattle in neutral but not when the clutch was pushed. It went when I had a new clutch.

Cooper Man · Jul 20th, 2004, 09:13 AM

Thanks Malin.
It's being serviced next week so I'll give it a mention.

eltel · Jul 20th, 2004, 12:27 PM

There are a number of threads relating to this problem. Some dealers react in a positive manner while others ignore it and hope that you will go away.

northandy · Jul 20th, 2004, 03:57 PM

do a search with the words "gearbox noise" and you'll uncover a load of threads...

Heres one I started for my problems...

http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...=gearbox+noise

Incidentally, my gearbox flywheel and clutch were all replaced at the same time... at that point the dealer told me that Mini knew about it, but hadnt worked out a fix yet, its something to do with a tolerancing issue inside the box... mine sounded like a diesel...

If you let the clutch out really slowly whilst in neutral with the engine running you wont hear the noise, thats because the tolerancing problem doesnt get aggravated... It took me a long time to get my dealer to sort it, and wasnt very pleasant, but they did it and now its perfect !....

Good luck, for your reference my dealer is Prestonhall Mini in Stockton-on-Tees....

Cooper Man · Jul 22nd, 2004, 02:12 PM

Thanks guys!
I had searched on "idler" and "gear" but returned nothing useful...however "idler" did link to my profile!

I am after some back-up, so I will be printing out several threads relating to issues I have raised with the dealer.

Thanks again!

Jul 19th, 2004, 03:37 PM	#1
Cooper Man "Just Like That!" Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Local Time: 12:09 AM Posts: 255 Offline	Noisy idling? Has anybody had a problem with a noisy transmission idle? I normally have my radio on, but this morning I decided not to. Once I'd parked at work, I popped the 'box into neutral, lifted the clutch and thought "What the ** is that?" The noise disappeared after pressing the clutch, so I would assume it is the idler gear making a bit of a racket. UJ Club: GB064**

Jul 20th, 2004, 09:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cooper Man "Just Like That!" Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Local Time: 12:09 AM Posts: 255 Offline	Thanks Malin. It's being serviced next week so I'll give it a mention. UJ Club: GB064

Jul 22nd, 2004, 02:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cooper Man "Just Like That!" Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Local Time: 12:09 AM Posts: 255 Offline	Thanks guys! I had searched on "idler" and "gear" but returned nothing useful...however "idler" did link to my profile! I am after some back-up, so I will be printing out several threads relating to issues I have raised with the dealer. Thanks again! UJ Club: GB064

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Jul 19th, 2004, 06:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Malin Dixon MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2004 Local Time: 11:09 PM Posts: 363 Offline	Could be part of the clutch. On a previous car, not a mini, I had a rattle in neutral but not when the clutch was pushed. It went when I had a new clutch.

Jul 20th, 2004, 12:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
eltel MINIstry of Fun Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eastern Suburbs, Mel Local Time: 09:09 AM Posts: 1,593 Offline	There are a number of threads relating to this problem. Some dealers react in a positive manner while others ignore it and hope that you will go away.

Jul 20th, 2004, 03:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
northandy AWOL My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2003 Local Time: 12:09 AM Posts: 14,614 Offline	do a search with the words "gearbox noise" and you'll uncover a load of threads... Heres one I started for my problems... http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...=gearbox+noise Incidentally, my gearbox flywheel and clutch were all replaced at the same time... at that point the dealer told me that Mini knew about it, but hadnt worked out a fix yet, its something to do with a tolerancing issue inside the box... mine sounded like a diesel... If you let the clutch out really slowly whilst in neutral with the engine running you wont hear the noise, thats because the tolerancing problem doesnt get aggravated... It took me a long time to get my dealer to sort it, and wasnt very pleasant, but they did it and now its perfect !.... Good luck, for your reference my dealer is Prestonhall Mini in Stockton-on-Tees....

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