Hey, having a problem with the manual gearbox on my TT

 

2nd and 4th have a whinning, grinding sound. This sound familar to anyone :rolleyes: its going in for a service on the 20th

 

Cheers Ste

about the limit of my knowledge of the manual boxes is that Redline MT90 oil is supposed to make dodgy boxes better. Worth a try i guess.

Yup, get some MT90 in there. Should sort things out. Has done on two of my boxes. Takes a few miles to work some people say, but I seemed to notice the effect straight away.

 

4 bottles is required.

redline is not a cure, its a thick heavy oil which will only work in the short time, its called masking a problem, your transmission needs rebuilding, most probably input bearings :(

 

also check your 2 gators under the gearstick, if there split which most of them are, you will get tunnel noises from the road entering the cabin, and sounds like whining :)

 

cheers greg

It is a cure that can last a very long time, it all depends how bad the box is, but if it is a start of the problem we still have 300's that are happy with it in, that displayed the symptoms years ago!

LOL check the ruber gaitor under the centre console. This often comes lose and you just hear the transmission noise - thats all....

LOL check the ruber gaitor under the centre console. This often comes lose and you just hear the transmission noise - thats all....

 

Im going to have a look at the gator - reading previous posts - its one of those stupid things that sounds serious

 

Thanks