Try lubricating the clutch release lever both at the clutch slave cylinder
pivot point and waayy back inside the clutch housing were it pivots (use a
long brush) spay chain lube can work as a temporary measure. A lack of
lubrication and corrosion at this point is the most common cause of this
noise.


"pHotEK" <nada@gapingvoid.org> wrote in message
news:3F417AFD.C6328EB4@gapingvoid.org...
> Hi all,
> I have lately been getting an annoying noise after driving the car (01
> Prelude) for a while, eg, driving to work (about half an hour). The
> noise is like a high pitched chirping sound, sort of like something
> rattling. It first starts while the car is in gear and moving, while the
> clutch is all the way up and the accelerator is not depressed. It
> eventually progresses to making the noise whether the accelerator is
> down or not. If I drive for long enough, it will eventually make the
> noise while it is idling and at a standstill, with neither the clutch
> nor the accelerator depressed. However, under any conditions, the noise
> will always stop as soon as I depress the clutch, either a little bit or
> all they way down. Does this sound like a problem with the release
> bearing? I took it to the dealer and described the noise to them (I
> couldn't get it to make the noise; I guess I had not been driving long
> enough as the dealer is fairly close by). They said it sounded like a
> problem with the release bearing.
>
> Any thoughts, or previous experiences of a similar nature?
>
> Thanks very much!