Chirping in Neutral w/ clutch out...

[Jeff Armstrong]

I can hear a chirping sound, like a squirrel or a small bird, when I'm sitting in neutral with the clutch out.  If I push the clutch in, the chirping goes away.  Should I be concerned?  Is this the early symptoms of some expensive damage?  As far as I know, this is the stock clutch.

[Chao C. Yin]

I used to have some weird rattle from the tranny area too with car in Neutral and clutch out, turn out to be a loose exhuast heatshield vibrating.

[Chris Andrews]

Some metal rubbing due to engine vibration..... or maybe a squirrel or small bird is stuck in your intake...... :wink:

[Jeremy Clarke]

Could also be TO bearing but lets hope its just a squirrel

besides TOB is more of a grinding

[Trevor Lynch-Staunton]

Throw out bearings should make noise when the clutch is in, not out.  Make sure you check your tranny fluid level.

[Lowell Foo]

Most likely the t/o bearing rubbing on the pressure plate fingers.  Nothing to worry about.  

-Lowell

[Mike Schmid]

If it's a squeeling you've probably got nothin got worry about.  If it becomes a metal on metal kinda grinding noise it's the input shaft bearing on the tranny, I've had three trannies in two cars with this problem...  :cry: