So i have a 2000, 5-speed base prelude and when I was on the highway I could not get it to go into 5th gear and its also starting to do that randomly with the 4th gear. Also, when in neutral and when driving i hear a loud groaning noise coming from the engine except when i press the clutch. Is this a sign the clutch is going out? syncro? or what? Thanks.
Its at the honda dealership and they say its a throw out bearing and the clutch master cylinder is going bad, so the clutch, pressure plate, etc. all have to be replaced. I got a quote of $1300
I was about to say, check your clutch master fluid, low fluid will not allow smooth shifting.
Try replacing the master or slave or both, bleed it, then change your tans fluid. If your synchros were gone you'd have grinding, not a complete block. I think you may be fine, just need a better working clutch disengagement.
Well if the clutch and all that is original, and the throw out bearing is shot (which I figured was you noise) doing the clutch while they're in there makes sense (as it saves on labor vs having to doing it later, but that price does seem high. Never changed the master just slave (had two go bad on me) so I'm not sure how hard the master is... but it shouldn't take them more than a fee hours to change the clutch, flywheel, and throwout bearing (most shops charge $60-70/he so roughly $300 in labor for that tops in my book) since all of that is all in the same spot
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