Gear/clutch prob

[Tonys]

Hi hoping someone on here can help me out.

Got a probwith my car at the moment and not sure what it is.

I went to change down gear yesterday and it wouldnt go into 2nd. So i tried puting it back to 3rd but wouldnt go in there either. I couldnt get it in any gear. Cltch wasnt limp or soft. I managed to get it in 4th pulled in a layby. I then tried every gear and couldnt get it in any at all. Then pushing against 4th there was a whinging sound, not too loud but still not sounding good. After a min or so i could then get it in every gear just sitting there. Put it in 3rd and drove it home without changing.
Its now just sitting there. I can get all gears with car running or without it running but dont wanna chance using it again.

Anyone got any ideas what this could be?

 

[TheCake]

What car? Ferrari Enzo?

 

[Tonys]

I wish!!!

Sorry did mean to mention its a mk1 172.

 

[mike172lpool]

bump some1 must have an answer

 

[Ben j]

clutch overheating. were u driving it hard? wats its milage? might need a new one

 

[Tonys]

bump some1 must have an answer

You would think, wouldnt you!!??



And, no wasnt driving it hard, and shouldnt have been too hot. Car had been running for 10mins tops, driving for about 5mins of that.

 

[The Fatty]

check your gearbox oil! ask someone on here if you dont know how!

 

[Tonys]

To see if there is oil present or if there is crap in it?

Cant see lack of oil stopping it go into gear? Its not normaly a prob changing gears.

 

[The Fatty]

lack of oil would stop it going into gears...if it goes into gears when your not moving, then it sounds like its on the driveshaft side of the gearbox, no the engine side. if theres not enougth oil, the gearbox heats up via friction nd then makes a whining noise, it also become very hard to put into gears.`

 

[The Fatty]

or your sychromesh is fuked

 

[klio]

change the clutch fluid

 

[miketheman2k]

Mine 'clunks' when its put into 1st - what causes that? (and what do I tell Renault fix)

 

[The Fatty]

^^^ i think all of them "clunk", they are all shite box's tbh. best thing to do is go to garage, ask for "red manual gearbox oil", its 1 grade up from ATF and reduce's transmission loss and helps gear change.

 

[sneeks]

Mine 'clunks' when its put into 1st - what causes that? (and what do I tell Renault fix)

Same here, I'm told they all do it.

 

[miketheman2k]

Oh arse - I also find my clutch is real snatchy when cold...with a high bite point all the time, another Renault 'feature'?

 

[The Fatty]

umm no not that iv heard of...worn clutch?

 

[miketheman2k]

be a bit odd, only done 14k lazy miles.

 

[rmccardal]

That before you had it ?

be a bit odd, only done 14k lazy miles.

 

[miketheman2k]

Shut up and book 'ring trip boyo! :rasp:

 

[Jones]

Clutch cable snapped?

 

[The Fatty]

^^^ um no, it wouldnt work at all if so lol

 

[miketheman2k]

Think its some fancy self-adjusting cable setup so it can't be fiddled with.

If it turns out it is simply the clutch, I'll be on to Renault customer services demanding they pay half. My old Cav did a cheeky 90k miles on the original clutch, and that was with R "clutch slipper" Mccardal driving it

 

[rmccardal]

18k+ and my clutch is fine thank you very much ... chicken noise from gearbox though. lol

 

[miketheman2k]

Perhaps it has birdflu?

 

[Tonys]

Got a garage to look at my car, he drove it and nothing went wrong.

Any ideas on what to do now?

How do i check the gearbox oil?