hi all, new here so firstly i would just like to say hello and thanks for reading

i have owned my car for 3 days now ( wrx 2002 bugeye) . first day it was fine on the drive home from manchester to newcastle, second day i noticed (also the gf..mehh) a noise coming from the engine/gearbox. popped the bonnet and no noise, revved it and no noise but as soon as was driving i noticed the noise again..3rd day the noise is getting worse so called out a mobile mechanic and he reckons it could b the gearbox thrust bearing??? Im not that clued up on car mechanics but he didn't seem to want to give me a price...any ideas? or even any other help would b appreciated

cheers

 

as this problem happend the next day are you sure there wasnt a transmission fluid leak or somthing and the previous owner topped it up for when you bought it!? just a thought probley wont be that lol

 

tbh i should of mentioned he did say it looks like its leaking... how hard is it to top up and is this a temporary fix? cheers

 

took the car to gearbox specialist and they say its the bearing on the output with out taken it apart. said not much change from 1000 pounds to get it sorted. new gear box needed so i looked on ebay and u can pick them up from a dismantler for 390. any1 selling or know of any1 selling them cheaper? cheers

 

bit of rotten luck mate! did you go crazy on the way home? not that it should matter! im starting to get worried about the reliability of my wrx. how many miles has yours done?

 

took it nice and steady on the way home as i was still getting familiar to it. its done 102k miles...which i didnt think was alot. asked the previous owner/trader and he didnt know anything about it and was'nt willing to help me. totally gutted is not the words lol

 

Give David at api a ring or drop him a pm. What did they say it was? First motion shaft bearing jingling around?

 

they didnt say wat it was exactly but the "guessed" a bearing on the output. how do i go about pm david? cheers

 

Hang on pal, you bought it from a trader so he has to sort it.

Appart from that your in newcastle so you may well be better off taking it to a SUBARU specialist closer to you, I don't know who's up your way but just put a thread up in general asking for recommendations, maybe AS Performance are close by and he comes highly recommended.

Your only talking about a £10 part here as it's either the spiggot bearing or the thrust bearing and your still not 100% on the problem so don't go and spunk £390 on a second hand unknown box, only to discover it's the clutch thrust bearing or the flywheel spiggot bearing.

Speak to someone that knows what they are talking about, not some random joe spanner monkey.

P.S, You got one thing right by coming on here.

 

Just a thought and something to check first. You can sometimes get a whine that sounds like gearbox noise from the power steering IF its a little low on fluid. Worth a quick look as both my classics have done this after a spirited drive.