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Offline gazpowells

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Changing gear when cold
« on: 15 December 2012, 07:34 »
Please help

Having problems selecting 1st and 2nd gear when engine is cold, once engine warms up there is no problems

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks in advance  :smiley:

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Offline DCmk3

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #1 on: 15 December 2012, 09:06 »
Possibly low on gearbox oil..
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #2 on: 15 December 2012, 18:27 »
change gear box oil, easy and cheap to do. will make quite a difference.
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #3 on: 15 December 2012, 19:03 »
thanks :smiley:

 will change gear oil tomorrow and see if it helps
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2013, 19:52 »
finally got round to changing gear oil today and has made no difference  :sad: also its hard to get 5 now keeps going into 3rd  :sad: anyone got anymore ideas ?#

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2013, 20:20 »
Was going to say linkages, but those won't make a difference whether the engine is warm or cold.
The only thing I can think of now is the synchromesh between gears.
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #6 on: 13 January 2013, 02:01 »
IMO gotta be linkage somehow, nothing else it could be really
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #7 on: 13 January 2013, 09:51 »
Well it can be clutch related.

Does the peddle free up when the engine warms up?
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #8 on: 13 January 2013, 10:33 »
8 or 16v?
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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #9 on: 13 January 2013, 13:47 »
 its a 16v and clutch pedal is a little stiff when cold, works ok tho no slipping or anything.
 
4th to 5th gear change getting worse its a nightmare when driving keeps just going into 3rd  :sad:

is there any linkage parts which wear and can change ?

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