Harvey Harv Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Hi, I hope someone can help, I own a 2003 focus 1.8 tdci and my clutch/gearbox's has started making a horrible grinding noise and I can feel vibrations through the clutch pedal. The noise is a loud dry grinding sound and comes and goes- it's less when the engine is revving-ie it seems worse in tick over. It lasted for about ten minutes last night whilst driving, then stopped as suddenly as it started, but has happened a few times today but not for as long. Can anybody shed any light on this for me please? I'm hoping its just something as simple as topping up my gearbox oil. Edited April 8, 2016 by Harvey Harv Missing info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Could be the clutch thrust bearing or the clutch is shredding. Do you have clutch slip? Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 dual mass flywheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Harv Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 No Jeebowhite, no slippage but at one point I put my foot on the clutch and the pedal stayed down until I pulled it up manually as such with my foot, basically it didn't return to its normal position, I've driven the car a few miles today just to see what's going on and all is as normal- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Harv Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Can you say a bit more Iantt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcor Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 If the clutch pedal stayed down to the floor and you had to pull it back up then you are losing hydraulic fluid from either the slave or master cylinder at a guess. If the clutch and pressure plate is not moved into the correct position then you could get all sorts of noises when in gear, this could cause trouble for your DMF, clutch plate and pressure plate, this potentially could be a very expensive fix at a garage. A video of the noise would certainly help for better advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 the dual mass flywheels when damaged have a tendancy to make a grinding noise, then they jam up and go quiet, acting like a solid flywheel. another jolt and then its noisey again, as for pedal, as the previous post say, master or clutch cyl issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingrove940 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 definitely thrust bearing me thinks ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 have you checked for the clutch return pedal spring? is that stretched or snapped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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