Hi gang, I am hoping you can help me identify what the root cause is given symptoms below. Initially I wanted to think it is the hydraulic valve lifters, but I am leaning towards the dual mass flywheel (DMF).
Observed Symptoms:
1. Oftentimes, the first gear is extremely jerky. It does not happen every time, but enough to make me question if I can still drive manual transmission (which I have been doing for close to 30 yrs. now…)
2. Recently, I have started noticing that, while idling at stoplights, the engine is making this weird ticking noise, with a very a steady cadence (tacatacatataca). This noise simply goes away when I clutch in. Please see the quick clip below: the distinct ticking noise goes away around 3sec mark when I clutched in.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/120K...ew?usp=sharing
Car details:
1. 2019 M2C
2. About 5,000 miles
3. 6 speed (obviously)
It seems to me that the two issues are related. So what do you guys think, is this pointing to transmission/DMF failure (excessive play between the 2 DMF halves), engine valve lifters (seems unlikely) or something else completely different?
The car is quite new given the mileage, so I appreciate any input!
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