[dtone]

Did you say that there is noise when in nuetral but when you press the clutch down the noise vanish. It could be input shaft bearing.I had this situation on my Twin Spark and when the gearbox was remove the bearings was missing but miraculously there was no damage to the gears.

 

[forever]

Did you say that there is noise when in nuetral but when you press the clutch down the noise vanish. It could be input shaft bearing.I had this situation on my Twin Spark and when the gearbox was remove the bearings was missing but miraculously there was no damage to the gears.

Yes, noise not always there but when it is, depress the clutch and it goes...

 

[Billiam]

Well either way at least you got a good company of people here to advise/help when you do diagnose it ! Fingers crossed its a simple fix

 

[Guest]

Fixed it yet? Cause?

 

[forever]

No not had chance to take it to a specialist, another interesting thing is once the car is nice and warm it goes away, very strange

 

[Chris M]

I would just change the gearbox oil as a first step. Use decent oil and it may well quieten things down. Certainly helped on a whining gearbox on my old 156 (at least for a while.....).

 

[forever]

Added a video, let me know thoughts please ... Ignore the load noise to start with, that was the fans coming on full blast
YouTube

 

[Guest]

You have the video set to "private" can't view it.

 

[forever]

oppss, try now

 

[Smellysocks]

Sounds like the release bearing rattling to me.

 

[forever]

that was my first thought, it had a new clutch et el 20k ago, any thoughts on cost and if it will get worse?? It does go away, when warmed up

 

[Meldrew]

It's unlikely to be the release bearing, it's probably the friction plate that's broken. - I've had 4 of them fail.

see here;

Alfa Romeo forum: Broken Clutch

- Chris155

 

[forever]

interesting, TBH dont really know what todo about it, taking to a garage could well mean a bill for more than its worth??? Any thought on how much is could cost??

 

[Meldrew]

You won't get much change from £500 if you shop around and find someone who'll quote without realising its a cf3 car...

 

[forever]

that was kind of my fear, so i guess just drive it til it breaks then...

 

[Leaky 156]

Alfa's like this are worth more than their monetary value. There are now less than 500 156 V6's registered.

You paid £500 for the car. For the sake of another £500 it's got to be worth fixing if the rest of the car is sound?

Ask yourself "What car can I buy for £1000 - that's as much fun as this?" :inlove:

p.s I'm a bit of a preservationist.

 

[forever]

TBH, I agree with you and the car seems very good, love the V6 noise, I think i just need to drive it a bit more to ensure there are no other gremlins in the system....