citroen c3 gearbox

Hello,

Has anyone ever worked on a C3 gearbox? It's beyond my capabilities I am sure! How much would it cost to have a garage look at it? Is gear work always an expensive thing?

I've got a 54 plate diesel c3. It used to be that when the gear lever was in neutral it centred itself beneath 3rd/4th gear. Now when it goes into neutral, the stick drifts to the right beneath 5th/reverse. On a couple of occasions I have pushed the stick across and up to pull off in 1st and found it is in 3rd!

I have taken it to a garage and they think there is a spring in the main gear box that has failed. They have never had this fault on a c3 before and neither has the citroen dealer! They say it might be something cheap and simple when they open the gearbox or it could be something horrendously expensive, so they say it could cost anywhere between one hundred and a thousand pounds, depending what they find. It is difficult to know whether to go ahead with the work, not knowing how much it will cost. I might be prepared to pay £100 but not £1000.

You may remember I have posted here in the past about the turbo charger: below 3000rpm it doesn't seem to work and the car is sluggish. It has been in and out of garages and they have found and fixed a couple of leaking seals that were losing pressure but it has never been completely cured.

With both of these faults, is it time to get a new car? That seems to be the feeling of the garage.

TIA

Reply to
Fred
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If they open the gearbox it will be expensive, don't be in any doubt about that. Personally I think it's more likely to be an external issue. A spring or maybe bushes on the linkage.

Steve

Reply to
shazzbat

They thought it might be a linkage but said everything was ok. They were going to buy a new selector box but when it arrived, decided that it was not the selector box so refitted the old one. The garage is convinced the fault is inside the gearbox. I'm not sure the gearbox is as bad as they say because surely it would be making some horrible noises and not driving very well if the gears were damaged?

Reply to
Fred

not really, if you have a selector problem the gears are probably all ok

Reply to
Mrcheerful

The garage claimed it was not the selector and so sent the new one back and refitted the old one. Do you think I should take it to a second garage, perhaps one that specializes in gears, to have a second opinion? TIA

Reply to
Fred

No garage specialises in gears. There are specialist gearbox re-builders/re-conditioners but they don't usually remove/refit the box.

Reply to
Peter Hill

or diagnose the fault. I would look for someone that specialises in your marque and model and ask them.

Reply to
Mrcheerful

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