Unfriendly noise in 1.st gear (996 manual)

[porschy]

Hi,

I have an unfriendly scraping/scratching kind of noise in first gear on my 996 carrera from 2001. It gets lauder the more I exellerate but I can´t hear anything in the other gears. right now I try not to use 1. gear at all, thank god we have enough power so starting in 2. is not a problem right now but this is very worrying though and I wonder if anybody else has had the same problem and what the sollution is.

For now I am atleast thinking of changing the tranny oil to redline shock prove oil. also maybe the oil level is low? would there be an engine check light if the tranny oil was low? I will have to check the level but in the case of low tranny oil level the noise would be in all 6 gears or am I wrong?

[larez2]

It sounds like something is wrong with your first gear. If your tranny fluid was really low, one of the first things you'd notice is it would be very difficult to shift gears.

I doubt changing the tranny fluid will fix it, but it is worth a shot. When you change it, inspect the old transmission fluid to see if there are chunks of metal in it (possible chunks of your first gear).

Another possibility is your shift linkage - perhaps it is not getting all the way into 1st gear is why it is making the noise.

[porschy]

It sounds like something is wrong with your first gear. If your tranny fluid was really low, one of the first things you'd notice is it would be very difficult to shift gears.

I doubt changing the tranny fluid will fix it, but it is worth a shot. When you change it, inspect the old transmission fluid to see if there are chunks of metal in it (possible chunks of your first gear).

Another possibility is your shift linkage - perhaps it is not getting all the way into 1st gear is why it is making the noise.

Hmmm interesting!! shift linkage is realy intresting because it almost feels like that too, also the previous owner installed a shortshift which could ad to the problem. anyway thanks for your advice and I will start with changing the tranny fluid and check for chunks of metall.