What does it mean when I hear a dull "clunk" every time I lift my foot off the gas pedal to shift?

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Could be the exhaust or sparks

Check your fallopian tubes.

That engine uses a dual mass flywheel to quell vibrations.

Think of it as a second flywheel that's softly sprung and can turn somewhat in relationship to the first one.

The springs like to break, and then the mass of the second inertia plate isn't controlled. So it begins to clunk on direction changes. accel/decel.

Any Mitsubishi .

Forgotten full beer can??

Reverse the drive shaft nilds as they might be out of balance causing a harmonic imbalance which due to transitory reflection syndrome sound like a 'clunk'. It happened some years ago in my Yugo. Which now has over 600,000 miles on it. It is also my home. I also work at home. I am my own grandpa. And it's my birthday today. 74.

The nilds might just need oiling .

I hope that this isn't the case but... it may be your transmi$$ion.

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