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Old 24th January 2020, 15:13   #4
hogweed
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Originally Posted by SCP440 View Post
A couple of years ago I had a Saab with a noisy clutch release bearing, 18 months later when I sold it the noise had not got any worse.

Have to add my two penn’orth to that. First time my slave cylinder/release bearing/whatever it’s properly called collapsed, there was no warning noise at all – just changing from 2nd to 3rd one night, and pop – pedal to the floor.


Second time, the noise went on for months and months (including a lot of town driving) as I kept putting it off. Didn’t seem to get any worse with time, but eventually I bottled it and got it replaced.


Sadly, the new one lasted less than a year before starting to whine again – got it replaced under warranty. It was one of those metal jobs (LUK?)
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