I think I killed my gearbox...
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 10:27 pm
I was driving home from Hereford today, doing 70(ish) in OD 4th, pulling about 3000 in my sprint. The overdrive drops out, and so I slow down to 60. I try the overdrive again, and it eventually engages after about 20 seconds, only to cut out again after a couple of minutes. I try again, and it gradually gets worse until the overdrive stops working completely. I finish the trip without overdrive. <br>
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As I pull off the motorway, and depress the clutch to change down, I get a nasty rumbling howl from somewhere in the drivetrain (not the engine, although I guess it might have been the rear axle). As I wind my way back to my house it gets worse and worse. <br>
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I've got my car back up on my steeply sloping driveway, and I'm anticipating calling the breakdown people next wek for another trip to the garage. A couple of things...<br>
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1)Does this sound like the gearbox?<br>
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2)Is it due to a chronicly low oil level?
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As I pull off the motorway, and depress the clutch to change down, I get a nasty rumbling howl from somewhere in the drivetrain (not the engine, although I guess it might have been the rear axle). As I wind my way back to my house it gets worse and worse. <br>
<br>
I've got my car back up on my steeply sloping driveway, and I'm anticipating calling the breakdown people next wek for another trip to the garage. A couple of things...<br>
<br>
1)Does this sound like the gearbox?<br>
<br>
2)Is it due to a chronicly low oil level?
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