Hey guys,
Had a bit of a mishap today on the way home from work. I normally give it some welly on the slip road going onto the motorway (thats what Turbo's are for
) on the same road I go every day. Anyways, accelerating from 1st and through 2nd, pops it into 3rd and the FR 5 speed gearbox really shows how unpredictable it is. Crunch. But not any old crunch. Oh No. It was a squelching crunch, as if all of the lovely teeth on my third gear train are now gone. Now this woke me up somewhat, I normally switch off on the way home as im knackered, but this really woke me up. I felt sick all the way home and felt really angry at being such a tit. There has been loads of times ive noticed with this gearbox where it simply wont go into gear, and I always always catch it before I lift up the clutch, but today I had to be giving it a good boot when it let me down.
My questions are:
Is this now going to need a tran fluid change to get rid of those nasty shards of 3rd gear?
Has anyone else had this happen in any gear (normally always 1st and 2nd for me, but as I said I always catch it)
Have I done any damage to the gear train, and if so what do I do?
Im interested to hear everyones comments.
Cheers,
Had a bit of a mishap today on the way home from work. I normally give it some welly on the slip road going onto the motorway (thats what Turbo's are for
) on the same road I go every day. Anyways, accelerating from 1st and through 2nd, pops it into 3rd and the FR 5 speed gearbox really shows how unpredictable it is. Crunch. But not any old crunch. Oh No. It was a squelching crunch, as if all of the lovely teeth on my third gear train are now gone. Now this woke me up somewhat, I normally switch off on the way home as im knackered, but this really woke me up. I felt sick all the way home and felt really angry at being such a tit. There has been loads of times ive noticed with this gearbox where it simply wont go into gear, and I always always catch it before I lift up the clutch, but today I had to be giving it a good boot when it let me down.My questions are:
Is this now going to need a tran fluid change to get rid of those nasty shards of 3rd gear?
Has anyone else had this happen in any gear (normally always 1st and 2nd for me, but as I said I always catch it)
Have I done any damage to the gear train, and if so what do I do?
Im interested to hear everyones comments.
Cheers,
