Q: Car dealer says there is a slight noise in transmission,then says it's the slave cylinder, does that cause a noise? 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse

asked by on January 14, 2017

Car dealer says there's a slight noise in the transmission, then later he said it's the slave cylinder that needs repaired. My question is will the slave cylinder cause the noise he was first telling me? Also total cost to repair slave cylinder and clutch cylinder?

My car has 164000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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