am99ey
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Now it hit my gearbox too...
Yesterday on a 280 km drive, my gearbox started to make unusual and frightening noise during a very steep road onto a mountain pass.
What I experienced:
- last 5'000 km a whining noise in 3rd while decelerating, increasing loudness over the past few month/years
- yesterday going strongly uphill, suddenly not able to change from 2nd to 3rd, a frightening noise from the gearbox coming, repeatedly pressing the clutch helped to go into 3rd. Gear stick feels "unhealthy" during gear change.
- driving home going only in 3rd 4th and OD, very carefully.
- back home, maneuvering in front of the garage, 1st, 2nd, reverse, AND neutral make noise. In neutral, pressing the clutch repeatedly changes the noise every time.
I guess the gearbox needs a rebuild.. The main problem is that knowledge of these cars are thinning out around here.
What could have possibly happened ?
Thanks for your ideas
PS mountain pass:
putting the brain in the clove box ..
during the week:
Yesterday on a 280 km drive, my gearbox started to make unusual and frightening noise during a very steep road onto a mountain pass.
What I experienced:
- last 5'000 km a whining noise in 3rd while decelerating, increasing loudness over the past few month/years
- yesterday going strongly uphill, suddenly not able to change from 2nd to 3rd, a frightening noise from the gearbox coming, repeatedly pressing the clutch helped to go into 3rd. Gear stick feels "unhealthy" during gear change.
- driving home going only in 3rd 4th and OD, very carefully.
- back home, maneuvering in front of the garage, 1st, 2nd, reverse, AND neutral make noise. In neutral, pressing the clutch repeatedly changes the noise every time.
I guess the gearbox needs a rebuild.. The main problem is that knowledge of these cars are thinning out around here.
What could have possibly happened ?
Thanks for your ideas
PS mountain pass:
putting the brain in the clove box ..