Gear Crunch

[Ben mk2 gti 0]

Hi Guys,

 

Firstly my good news for the day is that I fitted an uprated headlight loom this evening and WOW what a difference, my other corrados have already had it done so I could not believe how bad the standard lights are when I picked this one up.

 

The car in question is a 2.0 16v with full SH and 80k miles.

 

Right now to my problem, I have had VWs that have had worn syncros that crunch when going up the gears at high revs but my one crunches going from 4th to 3rd at reasonably high revs and I have never encountered this before. I can slam it into 3rd when going up the gears and its fine. I have not changed the gear box oil yet so will do that soon as it made a big difference on my last C. So what does everyone think could be the cause of my problem? Syncro, linkages, clutch?

 

Also while I've got your attention I cleaned my throttle body the other day and since then its been hunting quite badly mainly when cold, I've checked I put the vacuum hoses I disconnected when taking the tb off back on correctly and they look fine. Any ideas would really be appreciated?

 

If not I'll bug my michanic next week when he fits my cambelt kit but I would like to sort these problems myself.

 

Thanks in advance.