Has your gearbox been replaced? Yes or no?

[chris1888-197]

Hi mate I got my gearbox replaced april 2012 and it was really tight and notchy but after a few month it feels like any normal gearbox. Got mine replaced through arnold Clark autocare.

 

[Rogue]

Expensive change I'm afraid pat.

mine will be changed in the first qtr of next year. Still currently debating a diff.

 

[pat*1]

I think it might have to wait till I can't put up with it any longer. Is there any gearbox specialists near be in Leicestershire ?

 

[Rogue]

You don't really need a gearbox specialist. If you're changing it over, a competent garage will do.

if you can get yourself a box, I've just been quoted under £400 to change it. Just to give you an idea.

 

[BEEFTEC]

I've just bought my car a few weeks ago. An 09 plate 197 with nearly 80k on the clock. A bit worried about the fact the gearbox only has a 100k life though and I probably wouldn't have bought the car if I had of seen this thread first - 25% gearbox fail rate with replacement bills running way over £1k! WTF :zomg:

Saying that my gearbox is currently really sweet and only suffers from the usual stiff 1st gear when cold and bit of whining on when decelerating in gear.

Think I may change the gearbox oil along with the engine oil in future though - Whats the best oil to go for?


Also is gearbox replacement something that could be done DIY, if i've got the time & patience? I'm used to doing all sorts of work on my old classic mini so changing a gearbox doesn't seem particularly terrifying. Does anybody know whats entailed?

 

[Gez]

The gearbox doesn't have 100,000 life expectation? Not sure where you've heard that? The cars, when new came with 4 years or 100,000 miles warranty? But everything can still work way past that.

Your car is out of warranty anyway, so you don't need to deal with Renault, a 197 gearbox you can pick up for around £300-400, or get yours reconditioned for similar money, that said, if yours is feeling slick then I wouldn't worry too much.

Just use the genuine oils, they're more than up to the job

 

[kash]

it seems like they all have a 0mile life expectation and are all living on borrowed time

 

[BEEFTEC]

The gearbox doesn't have 100,000 life expectation? Not sure where you've heard that? The cars, when new came with 4 years or 100,000 miles warranty? But everything can still work way past that.

Your car is out of warranty anyway, so you don't need to deal with Renault, a 197 gearbox you can pick up for around £300-400, or get yours reconditioned for similar money, that said, if yours is feeling slick then I wouldn't worry too much.

Just use the genuine oils, they're more than up to the job

Just reading through this thread I saw people talking about 100k life expectancy.

Gona change my oil to some Castrol stuff I think as I can get it cheap at work so can change it more often. I read that the Redline oil was the best but its £18 per quart which is a bit under a litre so looks like you'd end up buying 3 bottles of it too.

 

[pat*1]

Took mine back to the garage I bought it from as it's still under warranty and there going to "get it sorted". I've asked them to stick a new clutch in at the same time, makes sense while the box is out.

 

[choppen]

I will have a good gearbox for sale in around a month done 53k no issues with going into gears hot or cold and no whines it will be ready in a month as its still in the car waiting megane transplant so if your local could try in my car before you buy! £200!!!

 

[pat*1]

Just got mine back from having gearbox done under warranty. Lovely and smooth and no crunches. )

 

[Chrisgti6]

25% gearbox fail rate with replacement bills running way over £1k! WTF

You can't take the results of this poll as any sort of real world figures though as this is only a small sample of forum users. You could change the 'box yourself if you have some mechanical knowledge (which it sounds like you do). This is exactly what I plan on doing if mine ever starts playing up. It's currently on 70k and is as smooth as silk.

 

[James17]

My gearbox crunches going from 2nd to 3rd but only at 7500rpm if I change at 6500rpm it's fine, do they only crunch getting close to the rev limit? Also do you think a gearbox oil change will help, I have no idea when it was last done on my car.

 

[Warren]

Mine is now 4th crunching above 4k RPM. Has anyone bought a box from RSCeurope on ebay or is it better to have it rebuilt? Can't really afford to be without a car though >_<

 

[Mentalpen]

I've used them but not for a gearbox, I ordered around 2pm and my stuff was delivered around 9am next morning!

Ring up and ask for a discount to save on eBay/paypal fees for them and pass it your way.

 

[Edster]

Im on the original and done 33k. Gears were a bit funny, so I changed the oil with redline mtl synthetic fluid ( only got 1.4ltrs of the old fluid out), it now runs a treat when cold and get not lumpy 2nd n 3rd gears.

 

[Edster]

My gearbox crunches going from 2nd to 3rd but only at 7500rpm if I change at 6500rpm it's fine, do they only crunch getting close to the rev limit? Also do you think a gearbox oil change will help, I have no idea when it was last done on my car.

Worth a try. Made a huge difference on mine at high revs

 

[Gez]

Mines just started playing up going into 3rd over 4,000rpm.

Booked into Renault for a check over, thank God the cars not even half way through warranty

 

[Rogue]

Amazing. The girl I spoke to on the phone this week was adamant that there is no known problem with Renault gearboxes in these cars.

Flol.

 

[Ilikeminefast]

I had this, then they wanted my car for a day to take the box apart to find the problem.