gears

  1. Difficulty getting in and out of 1st and reverse gears.

    Can some one point me in the direction of how to fix my clutch please. I have a '04 plate Seat Leon Mk1 1.9tTDi fr. Sorry for the length of the post but I’ve tried to give as much detail as I can remember in the info below: A few weeks ago, my clutch went while driving to work and when the...
  2. Auto transmission faulty?

    I’m hoping some of you may have some ideas of this or even have had it happen yourselves. My 2004 1.9tdi auto Alhambra has trouble shifting up gears for around the first 10/15minutes of driving. Eventually it settles down and sometimes I don’t get it at all. It will basically stay in first...
  3. Zappa

    Car shudders for a second after changing gears

    This doesnt happen all the time, but every few gear changes (mainly coming into 2nd, 3rd and 4th) the car does a short shudder (almost like 2 small jumps forward). It lasts maybe a second then goes away. I took out the spark plugs and cleaned them the other night, could there now be an issue...
  4. seat leon cupra 52 plate ..where have my gears gone

    hi all i have a seat cupra 52 plate i have been experiencing a few problems recently , the car for a while under hard acceleration has had quite a bad delay / juddery section thru acceleration over the last few days the problem has got worse , no i have completely lost 3rd 4th and 6th...
  5. Help: Low biting point and stiff gears...?

    We have an ibiza 1.2 and suddenly the gears became really difficult to engage and the biting point became super super low (like 5cm off the floor) Have tried it again this morning...the gears are engaging easier but still much clunkier than before...and the biting point is still ubber low...
  6. Steve GTI

    Top Speed in Gears...

    Hi guys, Hope you can help. I've currently got a 6n2 Polo GTI running full Ibiza Cupra 1.8 20VT with a KO4 and pushing about 280bhp. However at this moment in time my rev counter isn't wired up and I don't have a boost gauge. At about 90mph in 3rd and 110mph in 4th and 130mph in 5th...
  7. Doesn't accelerate cleanly through the gears

    First post... I have been reading the forum since I bought my Leon (1.8 20V T Sport) a couple of months ago and I wondered if anyone has any suggestions or idea's. Basically the car runs fine most of the time. However if I rev all the way through a gear, the car seems to bog down as if there...
  8. My cordoba 2.0 16v is running flat in low gears please any advice!?

    Hi I'm new to SCN and have very recentley upgraded my little ibiza to the cordoba sx. I'm not really sure if there is a problem or not but i expected a little more pull in lower gears which there is not! its done 80 000 and everything else is spot on, I just feel its missing something from...
  9. Ibiza mk4 03 plate crunching gears (general)

    Alright , I have a SEAT IBIZA MK4 03 PLATE . On the odd occasion if I am gearing down from 3rd to 2nd or gearing up from 1st to 2nd il accidentally crunch the gears. Now twice recently when i have done this and carried on driving its fine changing gears. HOWEVER after driving for a little...
  10. daza b cupra

    gears?

    had abit of play in car tonight when i lost 1st an 2nd when pulled up noticed also reverse so started drivin home. got off motorway an i had 1st an 2nd got home an still no reverse. it,s like there to far left to select them? help please?
  11. philsip

    selecting gears!

    About a year ago my gearbox was removed from my car, after being refitted its never really been able to go from 6th cruising speed to 3rd to get the revs up to over take someone!;) it doesnt want to go into 3rd but if i put it into 4th then it'll go into 3rd straight away! it goes from 6th...
  12. Cupra TDI Gears

    Hi Guys I read on a honest John review that the Leon TDIs suffer from notchy gear boxes? Mine isnt particularly notchy at all but after driving the mrs Fabia VRS tonight i would say that my gears feel alot more chunky. Now dont read too much into it as i dont get any grinding nor does...
  13. tdi problem with jumping gears

    Hi there guys, I am a new user and really could do with some good solid avice on the following. 1. My alhambra semi auto 54 plate has had a problem for two years with it stuttering during gear change 2-3 in both auto mode and tiptronic, it was investigated under warranty and the air mass meter...
  14. PurpleGolfMan.

    Slippy clutch and none so smooth gears????

    hi to all, had my leon fr remapped a while ago by custom code ( psi tuning) stage 2. Its pushing between 195-200bhp. The clutch slips at 2500 revs sometime but i understand thats wot happens wen running the standard clutch, but my gear change seems to have got abit funny. Not smooth how it use...
  15. how did the gears move itself?

    guys... i'm really so worried now. so as i parked my car which was a slight uphill, then got out whilst leaving the engine running to go to the boot... ...all of a sudden i hear this gear grating noise that occurred a few times. i looked to see where it came from... then saw (was standing...
  16. Razor

    Sticking Gears ?

    Started having this problem a couple days ago. Just really in the morning time. Also when in 2nd the stick starts joggling / vibrating irregulary Anyone help on what this coul be or how to fix ? Cheers
  17. hard gears

    Forgot to mention when I test drove the cupra tdi, I found the 4rd gear hard to get in and sometimes fourth. Seeing as when the owner drove it, it was spot on, I blamed it on the fact ive been driving an auto recently as well as the need to get used to the alignment on the 6-speed box Was...
  18. Ibiza Fresca 1.4 Heavy clutch and gears

    Hi guy's Having bought my self a Toledo I bought my girlfriend an Old Ibiza on an S plate. Fully MOT'd for a year and serviced, with 6 months Tax from of all things a KIA dealer. Anyway, I am not as savvy as I should be and the only reservation about the car was the fact that even for me...
  19. Loud rattle in forward gears

    Recently, as its got colder in the mornings, my 2.0 8v as developed this loud rattle when accelerating (normal accel not fast) in forward gears. If you put your foot on the clutch or stop acclerating it goes completely. Also when it has warmed up to normal temp(about 5 min) it goes completely...
  20. Problem engaging gears

    Hello...again :( Our toledo has problems engaging certain gears..at certain times. It will do this whether its hot or cold. The worst gear would be reverse, which can be very diffictult engaging and disengaging. Often there is a slight crunch. 1st and 3rd are the next worse gears. I find...
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