wandee 0 Posted July 21, 2007 Bit of a strange one this, I have a slight crunch when putting the car into 1st gear...but I have found ways to avoid it. Obviously something is amiss though. When standing still and dipping the clutch and immediately selecting 1st gear I get the crunch. However if I dip the clutch and then wait 3-4 seconds the crunch does not happen. Also from a stand still, if I dip the clutch and select 2nd gear and then immediately go into 1st I dont get the crunch either. When driving and coming to a halt and going to drop down into first it barely wants to know. The car has to be pretty much at a standstill before I can get into 1st gear....although I have developed a technique where I partially move the lever into first, feel the resistance, back off into neutral and then select 1st. This sounds to me like worn 1st gear syncromesh but I here that 'Rado gearboxes are adjustable...does my problem sound familiar and cureable? If not then has anyone used MTL Redline in their gearboxes to get rid of crunchy/notchy gearboxes? MK2 Golfs are notorious for 2nd gear crunch and this oil is supposed to improve matters greatly and I wonder if it will improve mine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wandee 0 Posted July 22, 2007 No takers on this?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonny-5 0 Posted July 22, 2007 Places like Stealth will do linkage alignment, not sure if that'll fix it but it may help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveo29 0 Posted July 22, 2007 you want redline mt 90 for a corrado i think id go with new oil , ajust the cables and bleed the clutch for starters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted July 22, 2007 Have a search mate, i'm pretty sure there's a thread somewhere describing how to adjust the cables properly. EDIT - here : viewtopic.php?f=23&t=55679 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kongo127 0 Posted July 22, 2007 After getting the linking, and if no luck. You can start thinking about a clutch issue i guess... I only had the famous 2nd gear crunch, i replaced the gearbox oil with some MT90. I fixed about 90% of the crunches! Have you tried it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wandee 0 Posted July 24, 2007 you want redline mt 90 for a corrado i think id go with new oil , ajust the cables and bleed the clutch for starters Cheers, that sounds like the right course of action to me too. Is MT90 thicker/better than MTL? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wandee 0 Posted July 24, 2007 After getting the linking, and if no luck. You can start thinking about a clutch issue i guess... I only had the famous 2nd gear crunch, i replaced the gearbox oil with some MT90. I fixed about 90% of the crunches! Have you tried it? No I haven't tried it yet but will definitely do so this weekend. How many litres do I need for a Corrado VR6 gearbox? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveo29 0 Posted July 24, 2007 you want redline mt 90 for a corrado i think id go with new oil , ajust the cables and bleed the clutch for starters Cheers, that sounds like the right course of action to me too. Is MT90 thicker/better than MTL? mt90 is the correct spec for your box..slightly thicker i think g60s take 2 quarts...not sure if vr6 is the same? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
