Gearbox Problem

[Donie]

I may have mentioned this before in an earlier post. Until recently my car ( and myself) were in Spain where I almost constantly had difficulty with third gear first thing in the morning, until a few miles (KM's) were covered and the gearoil warmed up. You could feel( through the gear stick) the synchro ring slowing down the gear hub, and it was difficult to actually select the gear. Then suddenly it seemed to stop ...no more problem.

.........until now that is, and it's fourth gear this time....same symptoms.

The only difference is I'm in Ireland now and it's much colder.

Should I change gear-oil to a different grade. The car had only covered 14,000 miles.

Again when the box is warmed-up there is little difficulty.

Geof or , sorry, TP any thoughts?

Donie

[adsach]

I had a similar problem w/02 S during my first year of ownership(3rd gear only), The dealer replaced the transmission under warrantee.

[ar38070]

If it is under warranty take it to the dealer and see what they say.

If it is not then no harm in changing the transmission fluid to see what happens.

Also when you do so you can inspect the fluid to see if there is any thing floating in it that should not be there.

Instead of the stock fluid a lot of people use the Redline Cocktail. This is 2 qts 75w-90 plus .6-1.0 qt. lightweight gear oil (GL-5 spec 75W80W). The lightweight gear oil is needed as it is "shockproof" whatever that means (I believe it means that it has some friction modifiers in it to keep it from doing something (maybe foaming)). I have heard that the 75w-90 is now "shockproof" so that the mix is no longer necessary. However I do not know that for a fact.