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Is my gearbox ill?

  • 01-02-2012 7:41am
    #1
    krank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭


    Over the last few days it's been difficult to put the car into 1st gear when changing down. It can take a couple of tries. Slides in fine when stationary going from neutral to first. 1st to 2nd is very stiff too. Other changes further up are fine.

    Expensive job looming? It's a Mk3 Mondeo.


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  • #2
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    sounds more like a clutch problem.


  • #3
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    Changing down into first?
    As in coming up to a set of lights on red, you go 4-3-2(or whatever) then into first, then stop?


  • #4
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Is it petrol or diesel?


  • #5
    krank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭krank


    langdang wrote: »
    Changing down into first?
    As in coming up to a set of lights on red, you go 4-3-2(or whatever) then into first, then stop?

    Yes.

    It's a petrol.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    George Dalton wrote: »
    Is it petrol or diesel?

    The 2005 diesel Mondeo I had was sometimes less than interested in going into first without some more than usual encouragement, that was when stopped too.


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  • #7
    voojeq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭voojeq


    omg do you guys really drive on 1st gear? :pac:

    and whats with changing down to 1st, i tought only women do this


  • #8
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    krank wrote: »
    langdang wrote: »
    Changing down into first?
    As in coming up to a set of lights on red, you go 4-3-2(or whatever) then into first, then stop?

    Yes.

    It's a petrol.
    Stop changing down into first unless you get caught out by a really steep driveway or something.


    Normal enough for a gearbox to be a bit "stiff" in cold weather. I'm guessing 1-2 isn't stiff anymore by the end of your trip?


  • #9
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Is there any oil in the gearbox? Could easily be a clutch issue too.


  • #10
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Common problem with the petrol Mondeo. It will almost certainly be the clutch at fault.


  • #11
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Why the feck would anyone ever change down into first in a moving car?


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  • #12
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    cjt156 wrote: »
    Why the feck would anyone ever change down into first in a moving car?

    The girl who bought my Focus kept doing this, luckily me being a super salesman meant she wasn't going away without buying the car anyway


  • #13
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    cjt156 wrote: »
    Why the feck would anyone ever change down into first in a moving car?

    steep driveway, slowly moving but not stopped traffic, yield signs etc :rolleyes:


  • #14
    voojeq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭voojeq


    steep driveway is the only good explanation for this, the other two are not


  • #15
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,712 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    steep driveway, slowly moving but not stopped traffic, yield signs etc :rolleyes:

    That's what 2nd gear is for. Any MK3 Mondeo has more than enough torque to pull away easily from a slow rolling speed. As is the case with anything I've ever driven, bar maybe a 1.6Tdi Octavia with delivery mileage on.


  • #16
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    cjt156 wrote: »
    Why the feck would anyone ever change down into first in a moving car?

    I do it very often.
    If I'm slowing down to the speed which is too low for second gear, I change down to first.
    Generally speaking I'm trying not to drive at rev's lower than 2000rpm on petrol cars.


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