Gearbox replacement advice please

[Stu84]

My 2012 Passat 2.0 TDI Bluemotion has a fault with the gearbox and I’ve been advised by my local garage that it needs to be replaced. A bearing has come loose and damaged the casing leaving a hole in it.

I was advised by the garage to try and source a second hand or refurbished box as a new one will be around £4000

From reading up on this it appears it’s a fairly common fault with the gearbox on my model. A lot of the refurbished boxes I have found want a box in part exchange. I am concerned that mine will not be useable for this due to the damaged casing. I am also concerned about fitting a second hand box as I don’t want to find myself in this position a second time.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also any suggestions for where to source a gearbox would be great.

Thanks
Stu

[UMEL]

Could you not have it stripped and the case welded. There are companies that do this. Depending on the hole size they may be able to use a threaded plug and loctite.

[Stu84]

Thanks Umel, I’ve spoke to a local gearbox specialist today who have seen this happen a lot. They offered to repair the box if possible or failing that will quote me for a full refurb. It seems to be the most cost efficient way over a new box or taking a risk on a second hand one.