That would be the clutch throw out bearing which is located outside the
transmission in the bell housing.

Bad bearings will sound when the clutch is fully engaged.

JT




"moktarino@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> Oops, I should also mention that it has 168k and when I first got it I
> had a "roller bearing" replaced in the transmission. It made a
> bad-bearing noise when the clutch was depressed.
>
> moktarino@gmail.com wrote:
> > My civic has been treating me great until about six months ago. About
> > that time it started with this strange grumbly whining sound whenever
> > it was in gear and driving, mostly when accelerating. About a month
> > ago, I noticed that I had a very small range of accelerator-pedal
> > motion in which I could accelerate. If I pushed the pedal past that,
> > the engine just revved like it would if the clutch pedal were
> > depressed. About that time I noticed that the grumbly whining sound
> > went away. Since then, on only one occasion, the grumbly sound
> > returned and my acceleration returned to normal.
> >
> > So, basically, it takes me about 20 seconds to get to 60mph from zero,
> > and I have a hard time getting much past 70mph on the highway. The
> > engine is running fine, the issue is that it seems that not much power
> > is getting to the wheels. Can anybody help me?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nate