Hello all,
I bought my MK2 Golf Gti 8v at the weekend and had done about 100 miles in it without any problem, when i started to have trouble putting it into 5th. It would go in after a few tries and then eventually it wouldn't go in at all.
Then the feel of the gearbox changed, it felt loose and the gear changes were fairly insignificant. I could still drive it though and it went into the gears and acceleration was fine and there were no strange noises etc. I tried to reverse it into my drive and it wouldn't move backwards, only forwards.
I immediately rang my trusty VW garage and they said it was likely that a rod had come loose and it just needed to be secured.
Does anyone else agree? Any other information you can give me would be helpful.
It is a 1990, G red, 1.8 Gti 8v and i was told by the previous owner that it had a replacement gearbox and a clutch last year.
Thanks