I've been running a '91 16v 126K for about a year now, mostly motorway miles on it. However I've noticed that urban (nothing excessive in the rev's) driving seems to cause a lot of heat from the gear lever/trim, to the point where the stick is positively hot, and lifting the trim around shows the gear stick/linkage area is pumping out heat like a radiator. But if i then get on the motorway crusing in 5th, it cools right down to nothing.
Is this normal?? Someone once told me they 'run hot'.
Something to note is 3rd is getting stiff to select, somes requiring a fair amount of concentration to get right when hot.
What might i be looking at here?
Thought of getting the oil changed, as i dont think this has been done.
Any comments or advise would be more than welcome!