Yeah I think you're right, I'm better off leaving this one to the professionals [emoji1787]. Yeah I don't think it's the clutch (well I should hope not) because the clutch was replaced by the previous owner about 2 years ago.
Yeah the noise starts up on cold starts pretty much as soon as I start the car. When I press the clutch in, even if it's in neutral, it goes away and then comes back when I release the clutch and when the engine heats up the noise gets a lot quieter.
I was also hearing another noise right after I did an oil change which sounded like a sort of grinding rattle sound which would only go for about a second after I turn the car over (not while turning it over) then it would go away. I haven't heard that noise since about a week ago but I read that right after an oil change it can do that until there's enough oil circulated however the weird thing is that my car did that on every cold start for about a week after the oil change so I'm not sure if that's related to the this current issue or if that was an oil thing but just thought I'd mention that too.
I'll see if I can get the sound on camera and upload it here. One thing I did notice today is that when I put my ear against the shifter, I can hear the sound much clearer, the sound travels up the shifter almost like a stethoscope.
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