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second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« on: 01 February 2011, 22:53 »
As title.

The last three days, the first 3 or 4 change into second have been almost impossible. Feels like there is no gear there  :undecided:

Only happened after I changed the old oil (god knows how long it had been in there) for some new Castrol EP80w gear oil.

As I said, the changes into second and first but AFTER initial pullaway are very hard for the first 3 or 4 gearchanges, after that it's all great!

Any ideas?
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #1 on: 01 February 2011, 23:44 »
Well the new oil is thicker and will take a little longer to warm up and thin out but it could be a sign of wear in the box that the thinner oil was masking.

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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #2 on: 01 February 2011, 23:48 »
Quote from: Wayne on 01 February 2011, 23:44
Well the new oil is thicker and will take a little longer to warm up and thin out but it could be a sign of wear in the box that the thinner oil was masking.

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Possibly mate, well pointed out  :smiley:

Going to recheck the level tomorrow after a nice long drive (will let it settle ofcourse), and do some gear linkage adjustments and see how it goes.

Hopefully no new box anytime soon otherwise I'll be forced to buy quaiffe diff and straight cut gears  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #3 on: 01 February 2011, 23:49 »
Yep, check the linkag is spot on and go from there.  :smiley:
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #4 on: 01 February 2011, 23:53 »
I hate setting up gear linkage :(

I'm running an A3 gear linkage on the VR, is there specific way they should be setup apart from playing with them until their right? :undecided:

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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2011, 10:37 »
worth checking the gearbox engine mount too.

James
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #7 on: 02 February 2011, 11:13 »
But it's not been touched.


It's fine though  :smiley:
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2011, 11:16 »
The problem with setting up the gearchange cables is they stretch over time.
All vw gearboxes seem to be the same with the 1st to 2nd gearchange.
I used to hold the clutch in for a bit longer and go gentle on the gearchange until the box warmed up.
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Re: second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change
« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2011, 11:18 »
1st and 2nd n for them to be hard to engage, I know that. What worries me is that it was fine until the oil change.

However I do need to align it, from neutral to third it's slight off centre, rather than straight up.
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