Well, its not the engine noise i thought it was

[corolla_2004]

Im not sure if many of you will remember my earlier post about having a 'tapping' noise in the engine.

After waiting a while, and taking the car to Toyota twice, the problem has now been solved.

THE GEARBOX!

Yep, its either gonna be the bearings that get replaced, or the sychro's. (my guess, the latter. between 1st and 2nd)

The rattle of damaged/worn bearings was echoing up through the engine bay.

And i didnt even say anything about the gearbox

Toyota found the problem themselves!

Not bad, i must say

But now they are going to have to keep my car for at least a week :(

[SILVABULLIT]

Im not sure if many of you will remember my earlier post about having a 'tapping' noise in the engine.

After waiting a while, and taking the car to Toyota twice, the problem has now been solved.

THE GEARBOX!

Yep, its either gonna be the bearings that get replaced, or the sychro's. (my guess, the latter. between 1st and 2nd)

The rattle of damaged/worn bearings was echoing up through the engine bay.

And i didnt even say anything about the gearbox

Toyota found the problem themselves!

Not bad, i must say

But now they are going to have to keep my car for at least a week :(

Or did they break it whilst on a test drive??? Not the first time I have heard of this happening.......

[corolla_2004]

Im not sure if many of you will remember my earlier post about having a 'tapping' noise in the engine.

After waiting a while, and taking the car to Toyota twice, the problem has now been solved.

THE GEARBOX!

Yep, its either gonna be the bearings that get replaced, or the sychro's. (my guess, the latter. between 1st and 2nd)

The rattle of damaged/worn bearings was echoing up through the engine bay.

And i didnt even say anything about the gearbox

Toyota found the problem themselves!

Not bad, i must say

But now they are going to have to keep my car for at least a week :(

Or did they break it whilst on a test drive??? Not the first time I have heard of this happening.......

Nah dude. I had noticed a weird noise every time i put the car into 1st.

And on the downshift from 4th-3rd and 3rd-2nd, the gearbox produced a loud whinning noise

But never reported it to Toyota

I was more concerned about the tapping noise coming from the engine

[mick0082]

I've found from past experiences that the whining noise is the Syncro's.

However the tapping or rattling you've described was apparent in my car too. And it would stop when ever the clutch was fully disengaged (pedal down). It also disappears once the car is going faster than walking pace.

Brought this to the attention of the Toyota crew who put it down to the gear box being a little more heavy duty and 'helical" than the stock 5-Speed. I don't totally buy this explanation, but what you going to make them do?

[CHA54]

that's your clutch fork/throwout bearing if the noise goes away with the pedal down.

ps, helical cut gears are quiet. Straight cut gears like reverse are noisy.

The gears in the 6-speed are no stronger than those in the stock 5-speed.

Edited December 21, 2006 by rollamods

[corolla_2004]

I've found from past experiences that the whining noise is the Syncro's.

However the tapping or rattling you've described was apparent in my car too. And it would stop when ever the clutch was fully disengaged (pedal down). It also disappears once the car is going faster than walking pace.

Brought this to the attention of the Toyota crew who put it down to the gear box being a little more heavy duty and 'helical" than the stock 5-Speed. I don't totally buy this explanation, but what you going to make them do?

Toyota have already said they are going to replace all the parts

And its not going to cost me either. Seeing as the car is still under warranty (for another 5,000k's)

that's your clutch fork/throwout bearing if the noise goes away with the pedal down.

ps, helical cut gears are quiet. Straight cut gears like reverse are noisy.

The gears in the 6-speed are no stronger than those in the stock 5-speed.

Yeah, the noise goes after the clutch has been depressed.

True about the 6-speed and 5-speed

Ive heard they are both pretty strong

Not in this case though ey?

Do you know what usually causes this problem at such an early stage?

[mx83toy]

I've found from past experiences that the whining noise is the Syncro's.

However the tapping or rattling you've described was apparent in my car too. And it would stop when ever the clutch was fully disengaged (pedal down). It also disappears once the car is going faster than walking pace.

Brought this to the attention of the Toyota crew who put it down to the gear box being a little more heavy duty and 'helical" than the stock 5-Speed. I don't totally buy this explanation, but what you going to make them do?

Toyota have already said they are going to replace all the parts

And its not going to cost me either. Seeing as the car is still under warranty (for another 5,000k's)

that's your clutch fork/throwout bearing if the noise goes away with the pedal down.

ps, helical cut gears are quiet. Straight cut gears like reverse are noisy.

The gears in the 6-speed are no stronger than those in the stock 5-speed.

Yeah, the noise goes after the clutch has been depressed.

True about the 6-speed and 5-speed

Ive heard they are both pretty strong

Not in this case though ey?

Do you know what usually causes this problem at such an early stage?

thank you mf lucky stars that toyota are replacing stuff under warranty on your car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!