Gearbox or Clutch foobarred after remap?! UPDATE

[mk3tony]

Evening all,

Just on my way back from remap (Thanks Rtech ) and after 3 hours of being stuck in traffic I needed to stop for petrol. So fill up, pay, start up and head off. Suddenly its hard to engage gears, they'll eventually go in but sometimes they'll miss completely. So I take it easy and get her home. Is the remap prematurely killing the clutch or the gearbox?!

[mcgee9t2]

could just be something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9ggefOjAE

cant see it being clutch unless you can feel the clutch slipping

[mk3tony]

forgot to say it was slipping. it was only like this after remap. Before remap there was a spongey feel at the bottom of pedal travel so i suspected the clutch needed replacing soon but wondering if the remap has just killed it quicker?

[mcgee9t2]

yes a map will kill the clutch quicker due to the extra power its been putting through it, and i suspect you had a play will all that extra power on the way back

[scarr89]

could just be something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9ggefOjAE

cant see it being clutch unless you can feel the clutch slipping

So if it takes a bit 'force' to get your car into 1st and 2nd, which mine does (only on first and 2nd), and you can feel almost like a 'crunch' when getting in gear if you do what this vid does could that cure that issue?

Thanks 

[mk3tony]

damp road, remap test drive = wheel spin in third the gearbox wouldnt be a cause would it as i don't want to buy a new clutch and have it fitted to still have the same issues. I know the symptoms was a slipping clutch but difficult to engage gears? It was clunky when getting into all gears before but this is completely different

[johnnyvr6]

My vr6 was like that and it turned out to be the gear linkage

[mk3tony]

correct me if i'm wrong but isnt the linkage on a vr6 rods and on mine cable? would it get worse after a remap?

[cullygti]

never mind your clutch what figures did you make mate haha    r-tech ftw 

[danny_p]

if gears are hard to select   its suggests the clutch isn't disengadeing fully,  its hydralic you chould allways bleed it before  pronounceing the clutch or box dead.  just as likely a leacky / worn  master or slave cyl