jamolie

everytime i switch gears and press or release the clutch, something rattles under the hood. it sounds like it is coming from the right-hand side of the car... sounds like something is loose, or just rattling. i thought it was my resonator, but i don't have one anymore (intake). was going to take it to acura for diagnostics, but they charge 70 bucks an hours. yikes. has this happened to anyone? any suggestions? thanks in advance.

niedejb

Sounds like the throw out bearing.

If thats what it is, you have to pull the tranny to replace it.

nandowong

mine kind of goes "tump" when i release the clutch like if you took a soda bottle and filled half way and then moved the water from top to bottom, is that the bearing?

1StGenCL

Yea mine has done that for years (since we bought it new i think), especially when its cold. It almost sounds like my grill or something is rattling.

clstylz2.2

i get that sometimes too.
when shifting.

jamolie

yup, it's only happened recently within the past few months... i guess coz. it's getting colder. anyone know what it is and how to fix it???

madj80

My CL had a defect with the clutch pressure plate. A spring was loose, and everytime I would release the clutch it made a high pitched squeeking noise. At first, the Acura dealership replaced the throw-out bearing, but it happened again. That was almost a year ago when my car had 28,000 miles on it. I don't know if that helps, but just a heads up.

FYI: Acura had to replace the whole clutch assembly for free, because it was a manufacturer defect with the part.

ib_jimmy

Have ya'll check if the all motor mounts are still good? Cuz now that it's cold the rubber probably gotten harder.

CLBizno

Right hand side of the car eh.....well, i had a nice little rattle form after installing an AEM CAI on my 2.3 CL. I found it to be that the pipe leading through to the filter is knocking against the hole pass-through where the stock resonator once was. What i did was purchase some dynamat (quick fix right before an 1100 mile trip) and wrap the pipe to reduce the rattle.....i hated to do it cuz it ruined the aesthetics of the blue CAI pipe. What you could do, if this is the same problem, is purchase some high temp dynamat and place it on the edges of the hole around where the pipe leads through....haha -this sounds like it could be taken 2 ways
You can purchase Extremeliner from www.dynamat.com

AtlCl

I had the same problem and after 6 hours and around 4 Acura techs, they figured it out. In the front of the car there is a metal beam that goes from side to side and is attached to the frame. Attached to that beam is the front motor mount. On each side of the beam there are 3 bolts that hold it in place, but somehow all of them were loose, which would cause the engine to actually move around either when I jerked the car with the throttle or changed gears. Once they tightened them, it fixed the problem. With all the diagnosis and labor it ended up costing me only $120, even though they were working on it almost all day to find the problem.

jamolie

That sounds most like the problem that i am having. I tried looking at it myself, but it would only make the sound when i was driving, while pressing or releasing the clutch. Where exactly are the 3 bolts? are they on the right side of the car? would i be able to tighten them myself, or would i need a mechanic? is there anything to remove first? thanks!

AtlCl

There are 3 bolts on each side of the car. Find a picture of the front motor mount and it is the beam that the mount is attached to, then follow that beam to each side and find the bolts. But, fi you can't, the labor on this was like half an hour so it wouldn't be expensive since you know what the problem is. Most of my cost was for diagnosis. Not really sure if you could do it yourself, but take a look around. It sounds like the exact same thing as I had and it drove me nuts, sounded like something would smack when I either shifted or jerked the car forward.

ib_jimmy

Well just hope its just the bolt being loose. Check if the motor mount bushing still good. These thing happen a lot of standar car, cuz of the harsh shifting. Very little chance that it is loose but if it is, then you can do it yourself.

Kiljaedoen

or you could just ajust the mount and move the pipe a 1/2 inch