reubenwilliams

yeah I wish i could budget for that but It's going to be a home job... we'll see how it goes

Colinstubbs you are my new friend!! :norty: That is what I wanted someone to say, well not 'wanted' but was expecting. That is what I was thinking / seems to fit with all the symptoms but it hasn't ever come back probably because I dont drive it that much being a 4spd and a skint student combined! We shall have a look soon, thanks for your help

we tried selecting gears from under the bonnet to rule out worn bushing - no luck. :shrug:

No sorry, all the others are fine, its just no sign of 5th!

I dont think its that mate we had a look at them - you cant even get it to acknowledge anything even pushing it to the max! I'd had that as my hope too but my luck just isnt that good! Cheers though for the thought.

Hi all, I'm in a Mk2 GTi 8v atm but was wondering if anyone had had any similar problems to this: Driving home from leamington in 5th, put my foot down to overtake and it fell out of gear... Now it wont enter 5th at all. I also have a very rattly noise coming from the gearbox when in neutral but it goes away when the clutch is down. Any ideas? cheers

My 2.0l valver was £1400 TPFT. standard of course. 1 years NCB, 10k miles (19 years old). I didnt want to know what full comp was! now im paying £1200TPFT on a lowered and exhausted 8v Mk2 GTi (im 20 now). "Yes sir, we'll insure you, just bend over for us we won't keep you a minute! "

other gauges all read ok, water a little high but thats because the water temp is a little high :roll: !!! This should take care of those gremlins :snipersmile: :dwarf: atleast until I can sort it out...

Nice thread G60ING! I did think a Mk3 engine would be easier than a 4. But i keep being recommended the mk4 PD... What sort of figures have you got from your mk3 TDI?

Hello all, curious pattern i've just sort of noticed. I thought that the pressure must be low and setting off the buzzer because the oil strainer was gunked up and it was just aggrovated when rounding corners as the oil moved in the sump... BUT. I now have another pattern, it's when i put on the left indicator! only sometimes and again usually on roundabouts! discovered this when i was about to turn left out of my road at about 15mph indicator on - buzzer on, indicator off - buzzer off. avoided using indicators (highly recommended i know) and sure enough no oil buzzer for journey... what can the indicators possibly have to do with a buzzer system?

Ok, took of the gearbox plug. Insanely tight. there was no way it needed to be that tight. in comes the heavy duty steel tubing to get the leverage needed to undo! :bad-words: When will people learn? It's not going to win any deep gearbox oil contests, but plenty in there. Thought - could the beeper be right- (although i'm sure it is more likely to be broken judging on the C's ability to break its own parts) and the oil strainer in the sump be clogged which is restricting flow? may be worth a check before jumping into a new oil pump... Thanks

OK - at work at the mo, although you'd never guess it. Will give it all a go tonight I hope. Thanks guys :salute:

spot on guys, well maybe... I shall check all of the above tonight and let you know. Thanks for all your help. I hope no cracks or leaky seals! a nice £7 broken sensor would be a well deserved break from the expensive!!! Hope I can get to E38 on sat and get a nice Mk2 driver as a runaround so i can finally start stripping my C to start the project...

Hmm, I only suggest gearbox oil because its a very distinct smell and is pretty clean! (engine oil needs a change soon... not clean!)

Really? Oh good, i have some of that. engine all seems an ok level though. Thought just the light was for engine oil and the 2 buzzers where for gearbox oil pressure? What oil would you recommend for the valver then - it runs fairly warm, oil up to 110 so synthetic maybe?