Got New shite

[VWPowered]

went and brought the misses a Passat B5 1.9TDI Break drives sweet but in 5th gear it pops out of gear when decelerating any ideas??? was cheap 2 years ticket €700 : much nicer to drive than the nevada which is now mine to do with it as i will....so this gearbox problems, any ideas

[Station]

Synchro's popping it out under accelaration - get a recon gearbox? Check linkage?

[VWPowered]

going to check linkage but did think it maybe the gearbox that why i knocked it down €500

[tatmeister]

Try posting the question here: http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk.

 

Someone usually knows the answer.

[Station]

5th gear is a common problem on some cars - Renaults and Toyotas had some g/b that suffered from it.Have you checked the fluid?

[VWPowered]

linkages look fine so just presume its the box, so off to the breakers again see what they sting me for one did get 500 notes off it though

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

It's only doing it on deceleration? You were probably changing down anyway, feature not bug.

[VWPowered]

great for fuel efficiency when going downhill

[trigger]

I got a B5 Passat TDi last week and so far been really pleased with.Got 300 miles so far to 1/2 a tank of diesel averaging 52 mpg which I'm pleased with, Was getting 300 miles to a tank of petrol and 23 mpg in my old Mondeo ST24.

[Father Ted]

Meh!Live with it.Or use your knee to hold the gearlever in place - worked on our old VSU tranny

[wuvvum]

I have to say it doesn't seem like a major issue to me either. I had a Nissan Primera TD once which popped out of 5th on acceleration, which was far more annoying. You could put it into 5th on the overrun and it'd stay there quite happily, but as soon as you touched the throttle out it would pop, and no amount of pushing on the gearlever would keep it in - it just made nasty grinding noises. Ended up putting the old crate through the local auction and losing a shedload.

[r.welfare]

If it's the blue Passat you posted a picture of in another thread, that's a B4 rather than a B5 - pretty sure the engine/box is transverse in a B3/B4 and went back to north-south in the B5, so might make a difference when sourcing a replacement.

[VWPowered]

no its east west

 

 

that's the car, don't mind tackling the gearbox on it long as it plays ball

[r.welfare]

^^^ Thassa B4, innit Wonder if a 'box from a Mk3 Golf would suit, probably more widespread...

[VWPowered]

plenty of them here, they love the TDi lump sure the gearbox should be the same

[Owain-328i]

Change the box oil, may have the incorrect stuff in it if its had a back street garage clutch at somepoint.