Smoking exhaust when holding on the clutch

[risingblue78]

Hello,
I noticed today when paralell parking on a hill that when I was holding the car on the clutch the exhaust was smoking quite a bit. Fine when I came off the gas and parked. Should I be worried?

Possibly connected, I also sometimes hear a high pitched whirring noise when trying to find the bite on the clutch when cold. Could this be connected?

Appreciate any help you can give

[salsajoe]

Are you sure it is the exhaust smoking? Do you get a burning smell in the car - if so then may be the clutch on the way out.

[risingblue78]

No burning smell that I have noticed. Its odd - its certainly not all the time but the occasional high pitched whine when cold does un-nerve me a little!

[Gaz r]

It's most certainly this http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... 25&t=18543" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Starting to become more common now by the look of it.

[risingblue78]

I am sure you are right Gaz - thanks for that

I got a 3 month warranty from the (independent) dealer. I will see what he says but dont hold out much hope as the warranty is one they provide themselves - Im sure I will be fobbed off with a 'wear and tear' response. Does this seem fair less than a month after I bought it? should I push the issue?

Already had the sat nav reboot issue within a week which I had to pay 50% of (£125) - beginning to wish I hadnt bought it now!! but everything was fine on the test drive....