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Old 13th February 2016, 20:08   #1
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Unhappy Won't go into gear when cold manual g/box 75 cdti ?????

Hi hope someone can help I have a 53 plate rover 75 estate in past week as the weather has got cold my wife's car won't go into gear until its warm( quarter way up ) I've heard about auto boxes suffer from this but my wife's car is a manual!!!! Does anyone know??? Regards madace
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Old 13th February 2016, 20:32   #2
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Hi Jason and to the club.

Gears baulking was one of the reasons that I gave up on manual gearboxes a long time ago! Automatics won't suffer the same phenonemon because at low temperatures the ATF will be thicker.

I'd be looking at the amount and grade of gearbox oil Jason. How long have you had the car? Did Mr. Previous Owner change the gearbox oil? Forum colleagues will I think confirm that a particular type of gearbox oil must be used. Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable than I will be along to help shortly.

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Old 13th February 2016, 20:33   #3
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May be not the weather,i had same trouble after master and slave cylinder change,returned to garage so they could bleed system o.k. after. Check reservoir level of clutch fluid, (under clutch pedal). See post on soft clutch just below.

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Old 14th February 2016, 09:16   #4
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Hi hope someone can help I have a 53 plate rover 75 estate in past week as the weather has got cold my wife's car won't go into gear until its warm( quarter way up ) I've heard about auto boxes suffer from this but my wife's car is a manual!!!! Does anyone know??? Regards madace
Hi, Could be clutch related ;
engine stopped,are the gears easy ?

How is the "biting point"

What history ?

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Old 14th February 2016, 11:07   #5
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I have a MG-ZTT '05' (180k miles), That does the same thing in 1st and 2nd, very stiff from cold first thing.

Then after 5 minutes or so all is ok!!

I have put it down to gear box oil, I have got the recommended (MTF94) but as of yet I have not got round to replacing it.

Bleeding the system did not fix my problem.
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Old 14th February 2016, 13:12   #6
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If someone has changed the gearbox oil make sure it's not EP90 as that will cause the gears to drag until warmed up
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Old 14th February 2016, 14:17   #7
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Check reservoir level of clutch fluid, (under clutch pedal).
Mine is OVER the clutch pedal!
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Old 14th February 2016, 15:34   #8
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Mine is OVER the clutch pedal!
the reservoir or the oil
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if its any help,just had my oil changed as I was having the same problem,gear linkages were also quite stiff.a good spray of wd40 and there is a great improvement.good luck
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I have a MG-ZTT '05' (180k miles), That does the same thing in 1st and 2nd, very stiff from cold first thing.

Then after 5 minutes or so all is ok!!

I have put it down to gear box oil, I have got the recommended (MTF94) but as of yet I have not got round to replacing it.

Bleeding the system did not fix my problem.
I had the same problem for months. I changed the oil and no problem since and that was 3 years ago. Change it!
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