Arrrr Jimlad
07-11-2012, 02:17 PM
Strange problem(s)
Started a couple of nights back when I noticed a slight crunch on downshifting to 3rd...no sign of crunching on upshift and no crunching from other gears - immediately thought lazy synchro - I was a bit suprised how quickly it happened (no sign of it in terms of resistance or being able to "beat the synchro")
Then within the same journey (circa 25 mile round trip) it started crunching on upshifts and became harder to engage (though a blip of the throttle helped)
I resigned myself to driving around the problem until funds allowed a replacement in the new year...sadly this was not to be.
On a small <10 mile trip yesterday I was waiting in traffic and when I went to grab second after pulling away it was like all other gears had gone...gearstick was virtually solid once out of first, not like being in neutral, no gears selectable other than 1st and no grinding...it was like the stick couldn't move.
Drove to a friends in 1st (luckily very close) and having got there found all gears were selectable again (but still the dodgy synchro on 3rd)
Upshot is, I obviously can't rely on it in that state, so its parked up awaiting further investigation...but I'm now resigned to finding a secondhand gearbox.
Being an early A4 it's fitted with a 1z engine, are gearboxes specific to this engine? As far as I know it's a non-DMF clutch and so far I'm not having any luck finding a box for it.
Really don't wanna scrap the old gal, just been MOT'd and has a youthful 146k on the clock...other than this nightmare shes always been brilliant.
Any advice greatfully recieved...
Started a couple of nights back when I noticed a slight crunch on downshifting to 3rd...no sign of crunching on upshift and no crunching from other gears - immediately thought lazy synchro - I was a bit suprised how quickly it happened (no sign of it in terms of resistance or being able to "beat the synchro")
Then within the same journey (circa 25 mile round trip) it started crunching on upshifts and became harder to engage (though a blip of the throttle helped)
I resigned myself to driving around the problem until funds allowed a replacement in the new year...sadly this was not to be.
On a small <10 mile trip yesterday I was waiting in traffic and when I went to grab second after pulling away it was like all other gears had gone...gearstick was virtually solid once out of first, not like being in neutral, no gears selectable other than 1st and no grinding...it was like the stick couldn't move.
Drove to a friends in 1st (luckily very close) and having got there found all gears were selectable again (but still the dodgy synchro on 3rd)
Upshot is, I obviously can't rely on it in that state, so its parked up awaiting further investigation...but I'm now resigned to finding a secondhand gearbox.
Being an early A4 it's fitted with a 1z engine, are gearboxes specific to this engine? As far as I know it's a non-DMF clutch and so far I'm not having any luck finding a box for it.
Really don't wanna scrap the old gal, just been MOT'd and has a youthful 146k on the clock...other than this nightmare shes always been brilliant.
Any advice greatfully recieved...