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Title: Changing gear when cold
Post by: gazpowells 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:

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: DCmk3 on 15 December 2012, 09:06

Possibly low on gearbox oil..

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: itavaltalainen on 15 December 2012, 18:27

change gear box oil, easy and cheap to do. will make quite a difference.

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: gazpowells on 15 December 2012, 19:03

thanks :smiley:

 will change gear oil tomorrow and see if it helps

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: gazpowells 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 ?#

thanks

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: DCmk3 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.

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: Ashy on 13 January 2013, 02:01

IMO gotta be linkage somehow, nothing else it could be really

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: tweed on 13 January 2013, 09:51

Well it can be clutch related.

Does the peddle free up when the engine warms up?

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 13 January 2013, 10:33

8 or 16v?

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: gazpowells 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 ?

thanks

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: gazpowells on 16 January 2013, 22:35

Anymore ideas anyone ?
this cold weather really making car hard to drive in mornings   :sad:

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 16 January 2013, 23:03

My valver was the same shortly after i got it.  I changed the gearbox oil,  stuck a B&M short shift gearstick on it and replaced a couple of the shift tower components. Massive improvement but still not amazing,  the 02A gearshift set up is crap as standard. The 02J shift set up from the mk4 is supposed to be very good upgrade.
This said your gearbox could simply nearing the end of its working life...

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: tweed on 20 January 2013, 20:43

Could be frozen? Water in the mechs?

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: gazpowells on 20 January 2013, 21:19

i was thinking about maybe the cables could be sticking coz of cold might change them before i go for a new box

Title: Re: Changing gear when cold
Post by: tweed on 20 January 2013, 22:11

It's worth a try