I have 2 problems with my 240. Not big problems (for now) but I'm worried they could get worse.

1.) When sitting still in neutral, if I take my foot off the clutch my car begins to make a gurgling sound, but as soon as I push the clutch back in it stops.

2.) I live in TN and it gets to about 20-30 degrees overnight. ANd at 7:00 on my way to school eachmorning it takes about 15 miles for my car to warm up. My temperature guage stays at the lowest possible for atleast 20 mins. How can I fix this so I don't have to freeze my *** off every morning?



If anyone has answers to either one or both please let me know. Thank you!

 

The temp thing may be a bad thermostat.

 

Price Range? Any recommended brands?

 

nismo

my clutch "gurgles" if thats what you call it... never rreally thought about it

 

If the noise is there when your foot is off of the clutch it is one of the following 1. Bad throw-out bearing 2. Bad countershaft bearing. There is really no way to tell unless you take out the tranny. Mine does the same thing. With high miles such as mine, it could be either one. I am going to swap mine out next year, anyway. As far as the temp. try changing the thermostat.

 

don't know the exact price but pretty damn cheap, should cost a few bucks from your local auto parts store for a regular one

 

Alright. Thanks for your help. I'll go by the thermostat and take my car to a friends to have him look at the tranny.

 

There's nothing to look at unless you open it up, my guess is also T/O bearing.

Just go to an auto parts store and get a regular OEM replacement thermostat for your car and some new coolant. That's probably all you'll need. Doesn't seem like you need aftermarket anyways.

 

I replaced my t/o bearing and counter shaft bearing when I installed my clutch last winter. With the petal out it makes a bit of nosie. Havn't had a problem though. over 12,000 hard km's on it and still going.

 

yea, it just sounds like a little hiss or something... i cant put noises into words