LARALOTUS Posted March 19, 2016 Posted March 19, 2016 My V6 Exige has a very noisy clutch release bearing Ie when clutch is not depressed should I be be worried ?????
elanmac Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 The clutch release bearing is stationary until you depress the pedal so how can it be noisy? Mac
Wildspark Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 it can rattle if it's loose on the drive shaft and not held properly by the release fork. Doesn't necessarily mean the bearing is about to fail.
Zyp Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Mine's noisy - Lotus have just agreed to fit a new one.
LARALOTUS Posted March 23, 2016 Author Posted March 23, 2016 Hi there How many miles & how old is yours ?
a7esk Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Mine's noisy - Lotus have just agreed to fit a new one. Interesting does that mean this is recorded as a recall soon .
Zyp Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 I wouldn't think so - I don't think there's really that many that are affected to warrant a recall. It seems Lotus will look at the issue on an individual basis - my noise only manifested itself around 6k miles, dealer heard it and contacted Lotus. ( it has got worse since my initial visit to the dealer) Had to wait several months to get the field engineer out to test drive and listen to it, but he agreed it should be replaced. If anyone wants to compare noises I'm happy to meet up.
quantum2000 Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 It appears to effect late 2013, early 2014 cars. Both mine early 2013 and 2015 have been ok. I have driven two though which have been noisy. One was the CUP car at Hethel, which also suffered from poor gear selection, the other was a dealer demo. If you search Seloc and the lotus forums there's a few cases on there.
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