Quick question: Grinding Noise on MGF

GreenMint

GreenMint

GreenMint

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Hey all, my girlfriend bought an MGF in October, had a bit of work done as it was bought needing it doing, which was all fine & dandy et al, now she's heard something today thats worrying her, i'm not sure if its anything or not as my technical knowlege is pretty limited (to none).

Basically, she was sitting in the drive, car in neutral, waiting for me to get stuff sorted, with the passenger side door open, she was in reverse, waiting to back out the drive, then realised i'm a prissy git and take ages, so she put it in neutral, once she released the clutch with the car in neutral, there's a quite faded grinding noise coming from behind, whether its something on the gearbox/clutch (I assume?) I don't know, but its only in neutral at idle rpm, it seems to be louder on the passenger side, especially with your head to the left (passenger) intake vent.

Any thoughts on what it could be, as she's a bit worried and a new clutch/gearbox (if the worst came to worst) is VERY out of budget right now! :eek:
 
Kinda swooshy, yeah, almost sounds like something is spinning and just catching on something, but after heading the the MG forum and asking on there, that seems like a pretty good assumption as of now. She's just given Mr Clutch (At the advice of someone on the MG forums) (Any reviews, any good etc..?) a call, and they said they'd check it out for free, and do a clutch release bearing and new clutch for £400 :(

Any tips on that quote? Or WAY too much?
 
Thanks Wicksta, we'll definitely look into that option and grab a few quotes tomorrow to see what we'd be looking at to fix it! :)

Clutch is all good and ok with you i'm assuming? :)
 
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