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Gonna give the trader a bell today and see what his patter is. He provided a month's warranty (which included transmission), so this SHOULD be included (?).

Fen, i'm thinking about spraying it red and putting gold wheels on. And maybe some pink STi badges...
 
Well obviously that would be the top option, but I thought maybe a full respray was a bit too far to go. While you're at it you could replace the entire exhaust system with some 6" soil pipe and take one of the plug leads off to get the right noise [:D]
 
Never phoned him. A friend reckoned it wasn't the release baring. Must admit when opening the bonnet the 'whining' does seem to eminate from the front of the engine. Water pump? I have heard that they are prone to failure - do they whine a bit?
 
I think that maybe I am just getting 'used' to the 944 Peter. New sounds and all that! The whining does not totally dissapear on depressing the clutch - it diminishes a bit...
 
A release bearing would normally rattle a little, on some cars they start to rattle very early in their life so not always a big problem, the fact that it quietens when you depress the clutch does suggest release bearing. If not that could it be the torque tube bearinngs whining? I'm no expert here but if it's something that quietens when the drive is disengaged, and the prop still spins in neutral, then it could be this? I'm sure someone better informed than myself might be able to advise?
 
There is no prop as such and the torque tube doesn't spin in neutral - the clutch is on the back of the engine in conventional format and the gearbox is part of the rear transaxle, hence (for the purpsoe of this discussion) the torque tube can be considered as a long extension to the input shaft of the gearbox.

Edited: As pointed out below this is wrong - the torque tube does spin when the clutch is engaged and the 'box is in neutral.
 
ORIGINAL: Fen

There is no prop as such and the torque tube doesn't spin in neutral - the clutch is on the back of the engine in conventional format and the gearbox is part of the rear transaxle, hence (for the purpsoe of this discussion) the torque tube can be considered as a long extension to the input shaft of the gearbox.
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Are you sure you don't mean that the torque tube doesn't spin with the clutch is dis-engaged?? If, as you say the clutch is on the back of the engine then surely if the clutch is engaged, but the gearbox is in neutral, then the input shaft must be spinning. If it wasn't you'd be able to put it in gear.

Or have I got myself very confused?
 
Actually you are absolutely right. Now you have helped me take my head out of my backside I see my earlier post was wrong. Sorry to be misleading.
 
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