citroen c3 gearbox
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From: Fred on 28 Jan 2010 05:52 Hello, Has anyone ever worked on a C3 gearbox? It's beyond my capabilities I am sure! How much would it cost to have a garage look at it? Is gear work always an expensive thing? I've got a 54 plate diesel c3. It used to be that when the gear lever was in neutral it centred itself beneath 3rd/4th gear. Now when it goes into neutral, the stick drifts to the right beneath 5th/reverse. On a couple of occasions I have pushed the stick across and up to pull off in 1st and found it is in 3rd! I have taken it to a garage and they think there is a spring in the main gear box that has failed. They have never had this fault on a c3 before and neither has the citroen dealer! They say it might be something cheap and simple when they open the gearbox or it could be something horrendously expensive, so they say it could cost anywhere between one hundred and a thousand pounds, depending what they find. It is difficult to know whether to go ahead with the work, not knowing how much it will cost. I might be prepared to pay �100 but not �1000. You may remember I have posted here in the past about the turbo charger: below 3000rpm it doesn't seem to work and the car is sluggish. It has been in and out of garages and they have found and fixed a couple of leaking seals that were losing pressure but it has never been completely cured. With both of these faults, is it time to get a new car? That seems to be the feeling of the garage. TIA
From: shazzbat on 28 Jan 2010 06:14 "Fred" <fred(a)no-email.here.invalid> wrote in message news:tfq2m5l8av69iniqfnfoldtent380q9udr(a)4ax.com... > Hello, > > Has anyone ever worked on a C3 gearbox? It's beyond my capabilities I > am sure! How much would it cost to have a garage look at it? Is gear > work always an expensive thing? > > I've got a 54 plate diesel c3. It used to be that when the gear lever > was in neutral it centred itself beneath 3rd/4th gear. Now when it > goes into neutral, the stick drifts to the right beneath 5th/reverse. > On a couple of occasions I have pushed the stick across and up to pull > off in 1st and found it is in 3rd! > > I have taken it to a garage and they think there is a spring in the > main gear box that has failed. They have never had this fault on a c3 > before and neither has the citroen dealer! They say it might be > something cheap and simple when they open the gearbox or it could be > something horrendously expensive, so they say it could cost anywhere > between one hundred and a thousand pounds, depending what they find. > It is difficult to know whether to go ahead with the work, not knowing > how much it will cost. I might be prepared to pay �100 but not �1000. If they open the gearbox it will be expensive, don't be in any doubt about that. Personally I think it's more likely to be an external issue. A spring or maybe bushes on the linkage. Steve
From: Fred on 30 Jan 2010 04:49 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:14:19 -0000, "shazzbat" <shazzbat(a)spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >If they open the gearbox it will be expensive, don't be in any doubt about >that. Personally I think it's more likely to be an external issue. A spring >or maybe bushes on the linkage. They thought it might be a linkage but said everything was ok. They were going to buy a new selector box but when it arrived, decided that it was not the selector box so refitted the old one. The garage is convinced the fault is inside the gearbox. I'm not sure the gearbox is as bad as they say because surely it would be making some horrible noises and not driving very well if the gears were damaged?
From: Mrcheerful on 30 Jan 2010 05:44 "Fred" <fred(a)no-email.here.invalid> wrote in message news:3308m5t0qi57hccuio237tdim1gu55fgv8(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:14:19 -0000, "shazzbat" > <shazzbat(a)spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > >>If they open the gearbox it will be expensive, don't be in any doubt about >>that. Personally I think it's more likely to be an external issue. A >>spring >>or maybe bushes on the linkage. > > They thought it might be a linkage but said everything was ok. They > were going to buy a new selector box but when it arrived, decided that > it was not the selector box so refitted the old one. The garage is > convinced the fault is inside the gearbox. I'm not sure the gearbox is > as bad as they say because surely it would be making some horrible > noises and not driving very well if the gears were damaged? not really, if you have a selector problem the gears are probably all ok
From: Fred on 31 Jan 2010 05:25
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:44:18 GMT, "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > if you have a selector problem the gears are probably all ok The garage claimed it was not the selector and so sent the new one back and refitted the old one. Do you think I should take it to a second garage, perhaps one that specializes in gears, to have a second opinion? TIA |