My 99 Prelude is making a very strange sound when I take off, it does it when launching and also when just driving daily. It is like a squeaking sound, it sounds to me like the throwout bearing is dry or something. Any ideas that might help me figure this out would be great.

 

i kno there is a humming sound when u first take off...thats the abs system priming itself...im not sure if thats wat ur describing

 

I am familiar with the ABS Hum, this is an actual shrieking sound that you can here inside and outside the car. It does it more if you slip the clutch with higher rpms.

 

I'd start off with checking your belts and spraying them to lube them up a little. When I had a 3rd Gen, I would hear that noise all the time. Pretty embarrassing... They also may just need tightened. May as well check the cheap stuff first so you don't end up wasting money on things you really never needed.


Matt

 

yea its ur release bearing
start by checking ur clutch fluid and bleeding the system, this happened to me and there was air in my line causing the clutch to never fully disengage which was working over the release bearing pretty good...
~kris