MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: joesgti on September 01, 2010, 09:09:39 am

Title: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: joesgti on September 01, 2010, 09:09:39 am
Does the manual gearbox need a service at any amount of miles? I noticed this morning when going round a roundabout with drivers window down, that my car wines a bit when accelerating and slowing down?!

is this a sign that my gearbox is going??  :scared:
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: MAT ED30 on September 01, 2010, 09:42:13 am
could be a bearing maybe joe and what the miles on the box
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: joesgti on September 01, 2010, 09:51:31 am
could be a bearing maybe joe and what the miles on the box

60k on the box, whats a bearing?   :ashamed:
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: ub7rm on September 01, 2010, 10:03:46 am
My gearbox is pretty whiney too.  Has been since I bought the car 20k miles ago so I don't think its serious but I have wondered if the oil needs topping up ...

 :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: MAT ED30 on September 01, 2010, 10:19:15 am
could be a bearing maybe joe and what the miles on the box

60k on the box, whats a bearing?   :ashamed:
:rolleye:
could be one of the cv joints (not the ones u smoke)  :P
google it joe  :laugh:
http://www.aa1car.com/library/cvjoint2.htm

Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: joesgti on September 01, 2010, 10:25:59 am
could be a bearing maybe joe and what the miles on the box

60k on the box, whats a bearing?   :ashamed:
:rolleye:
could be one of the cv joints (not the ones u smoke)  :P
google it joe  :laugh:
http://www.aa1car.com/library/cvjoint2.htm



think il just get statlers to have a look at it next month!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on September 01, 2010, 04:57:33 pm
Joe, I'd recommend an oil change at those miles - genuine OEM fluids though.

And what engine mounts?  Aftermarket race mounts can amplify any transmission noise which may have already been there, but not audible.
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: WYTHIT on September 01, 2010, 05:14:35 pm
The bearing went in my gearbox at 22k the owner before me must have treated the gears like sh*t :confused:
It cost me 500 to get it repaired the only reason i noticed there was a problem on the side of the gearbox a roubd rubber/plastic seal was leaking gearbox oil :sick:
Title: Re: Manual Gearbox service??.......
Post by: jmspear on September 01, 2010, 07:09:17 pm
wheel bearings are also a known weak point on the MkV's and will cause the same symptons and a lot cheaper!

I would look at wheel bearings, cv joint then gearbox, the oil is dead easy to change in the box but you need a special splined tool to get the filler plug off. Not dear and easy to get from halfords.