wyndzzy Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Recently changed the gearbox oil on my 1.0SE Lupo due to see if it helped with crunchy gear changes.Well it did, the gearbox is now smooth as silk at normal town speeds but has developed a new problem.If I have been driving on the motorway for a while (say 30 mins +), when I leave the motorway and have to start changing gear regularly again, the gear stick movement is very stiff and it takes a lot of effort to change gear. This problem ONLY occurs after the car has been in 5th for a while at high RPM.Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this? I have no idea where to start looking...Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellytheelephant Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 have you had pedal box done ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndzzy Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 have you had pedal box done ?Thanks for the reply, I haven't had the pedal box done.Would the pedal box react differently to my input after a motorway journey than it does before though? Surely I would have gear change issues all the time if this was the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 What visc oil did you use?Mine was stiff a few times after long journeys, just before the gearbox imploded. Does it whine or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 These boxes don't like 5th gear long journeys. Well the petrols anyway. They will do that and then they will become stiff in other gears and then it will start to jump out of gears and then booom!! I hope I'm wrong but that's how mine did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam_d Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Are the Tdi's ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Are the Tdi's ok?yup. 02j exb gearboxes love some motorway blasting. So much I'm getting my 5th gear changed for a 0.622 ratio so it will be 70mph at 2krpm instead of 2.5krmp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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