Guest bizarrefish Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Hi all.... Since purchasing my 03 Galaxy in December I have read this forum with great interest and have already found it useful for a couple of features / characteristics and issues. I currently have three outstanding issues that do not seem to have been covered yet and wonder if I may pick the audiences brains :blink: The first is to do with the gearbox. Coupled to my 130TDI is a six speed manual. On first start up the 2nd gear is very clunky and sometimes grates a little when locating for the first couple of miles of a journey from cold start. After this the gear seems to locate fine like the rest. I read an article on here regarding auto transmission fluids saying that they can be changed and or topped up to reduce sticky gears etc and wonder if I should ask the garage to do the same with my manual box. I am by no means a mechanic and have no clue to what I am talking about other than feeling my way around ;) . Any thoughts? I get the feeling that if I leave it like this I may cause prolong damage to the gearbox. The second issue is one that may be a feature or characteristic and that is to do with the rear washer. It only squirts halfway up the rear window and I was wondering what the 'performance' was of other washer jets :D . Is this all I can expect? Lastly I have the occasional glitch whereby my indicator sometimes stays on for one more flash after I have turned it off. Anyone else experienced this? It isnt a problem... more of an irritation sometimes. Thanks for any help. Cheers Richard Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Gearbox- when you say grates for a bit, do you mean all the time or only when trying to select a gear? (sounds like you do mean this - no pun intended!) If only when trying to select a gear, could just be the box needing a bit of "running in" - assuming it has been correctly filled with oil at the factory?Washer jet may just need re-aligning but my experience says that the jet doesn't reach to the top of the rear screen anyway. Half to two-thirds seems adequate - when it gets hit by the wiper blade, the splashes reach up to the top.Indicator - seems a strange glitch - unless the car is now fitted with the latest gizmo that makes sure that the indicators do flash for a minimum number of times (ie you cannot give just one flash as the electronics won't allow this!). Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 2nd gear does baulk sometimes when cold. It is a result of the oil being rather viscous when cold. It can be cured by replacing the factory oil with a semi-synthetic after market oil - but your Warranty will be screwed. I live with it and take time to change from 1st to second when cold. The rear washer jet is not good. If the jet is only a few inches, it is likely that the pipe from front to rear has become partly disconnected and you will experience wet carpet syndrome in the passenger footwell. No idea about the flashers - mine are "normal". Quote
Guest bizarrefish Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Thanks for your replies guys.... Yes it is only on selection that the gear sticks. Its good to hear that its not just me that gets the fault... like you say I tend to double cluctch or take a bit longer to change into 2nd on cold mornings... Washer yet is reaching halfway so I may see if I can adjust slightly to improve it. I take it I just use a small screwdriver to adjust the exit hole of the jet. The indicator is an oddity, I put it down to me cancelling the indication after 60% of the pause time between indications. This must put the electronics into a 'must continue for one last flash non cancel mode'. Doesnt happen that often, 3 times since purchase. Thoroughtly enjoy the car other than that, only have one kid but proved very useful for the Christmas 600 mile round trip to relatives. Bought a carbox XXL MPV mat also which seems to fit reasonably well and provides excellent protection. Thanks again. Richard Quote
seatkid Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 A baulking 2nd gear when cold is a common characteristic on many VW gearboxes. Is the 6 speed a VW box? (the 5 speed was a Ford box). Don't think Ive ever seen a rear washer that works well (or rear wiper for that matter). What is is about washer jets that the more you adjust them, the worse everything seems to get? Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Seatkid - yes the 6-speeder on the TDI is a VW box. Quote
seatkid Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 In that case,from my experience, the baulking is unlikely to go away with age (though it may lessen a little), I think its probably due to an undersized synchromesh on 2nd - you just have to use more pressure and have more patience when its cold Quote
Guest bizarrefish Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Hi all, Thanks for this, it all makes sense and seems realistic to expect the issues I am having. I can live with the gearbox issue and if I lose 2nd gear can always overrev in 1st and change to 3rd :blink:. Thanks for your help. Richard Quote
NikpV Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 To quote from the brochure (10.2002 GB) p12 ... 'Tripling indicators automatically flash a miniumum of three times, no matter how briefly you move the stalk' My Y-reg 1.9 Ghia doesn't some its probably a new feature Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 The Ford box was only fitted to the 2.0L Ford engine and the 2.3L Ford engine vehicles. All diesels have VW boxes (except Auto which is Jatco) The 1st/2nd synchro hubs are "Porsche" type, and are primitive and cheap. Which is why they baulk. Quote
seatkid Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 The Ford box was only fitted to the 2.0L Ford engine and the 2.3L Ford engine vehicles. All diesels have VW boxes (except Auto which is Jatco) Are you sure? I read in several journals (its also on the TIS), that the 5 speed box on the Tdi is the same Ford VXT 75, (different 4th and 5th ratio only), my Tdi's certainly have a very sierra type gearchange. Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 The only pre 2000 diesel I've worked on, a 1998 model, had a 5 speed VW box... I suspect that the Ford box won't mate with the VW TDI.... Sierra boxes (and there were many) ended up with all-alloy MTX-75 (rear drive) effort. All Galaxies have cable operated boxes, the Sierra was direct (remote change but direct on the box). The Sierra also had the world's naffest auto-adjust cable clutch. Quote
Dally Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Can't say about the gear change - only that my 2.3 zetec linkage had to be adjusted several times by Ford beacause it kept popping out of gear and my V6 had to have a new autobox! The washer jet is a design flaw period. I spent several hours on a saturday pm last summer trying to get it to squirt beyond half way up, but anynoe who has tried will have discovered that the curvature of the rear screen is such that this is not possible. Adjustment beyond halfway will mean squirting in air!Bizaare fish - leave it alone because it's a bugger to get back to where it was - half the screen is better than none! The indicators are definitely supposed to behave that way now - I checked it out with Ford - as stated earlier, these are the new rules governing minimum indicator blinking. My 2003 Galaxy does this, the ford C-max courtesy I had did this, A friends 2003 model C class does this as does a friends 2003 model X5. Quote
seatkid Posted January 13, 2004 Report Posted January 13, 2004 Sierra boxes (and there were many) ended up with all-alloy MTX-75 (rear drive) effort. All Galaxies have cable operated boxes, the Sierra was direct I was referring to the style of the gearknob and the the reverse lift collar - very Ford and not VW. The VXT75 is Ford's box for the galaxy, cable operated.... Plus it doesn't baulk in second (or first). Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 Unless something odd's going on, the TDI is supplied from VW to Palmera as a complete unit with the VW gearbox.... Quote
seatkid Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 I just quickly checked my Alhambra, the bell housing has an AE logo cast in it and the plastic bungs etc all have Ford logos. Remember its a 98 model. AE (part of T&N?) went bankrupt (absbestos claims victim) around 2000 and so maybe Ford were then forced to fit VW boxes. Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted January 14, 2004 Report Posted January 14, 2004 AE stands for AutoEuropa (VW) which have plants in Poland, Portugal and Hungary. Most parts have the AE logo on...photos can be provided! (But it's raining) I know who you're thinking of....Payen, Edmunds Walker, Glacier and Hepolite were part of Turner and Newell - but I can't think what the AE was for....but it preceeded the brand names....brain failure. Perhaps the plant fitted conversion bellhousings to the VTX75 to mate with the TDi for a while... which is odd! Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted January 16, 2004 Report Posted January 16, 2004 AG 5 not 6 From a source within.. There were a mix of VTX and VW boxes fitted to range - it seems Ford required their box fitted to the TDi in the Galaxy - which meant the unit had to have an adaptive bellhousing made - seems OTT. Seems I stand erected. Quote
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