Hello everyone. Just joined today after lurking around for some time deciding which forum to join. As you can see your's impressed me most.
My question concerns my 2016 (bought new) Ibiza ST 1.0 litre (95hp - I think?) 3 cylinder turbo petrol Ibiza ecomotive. She's just out of warranty and I'm beginning to get "intimate" with her. To the extent that we have now named her "Twinkle" or "twink" - Sad isn't it? Anyway, I'm retired from a life in and around the motor trade and do all my own maintenance. I love pretty much every thing about the car (now with around 15,000 miles behind us) - Well ok, I could criticise the turbo lag from very low revs, but that would be nitpicking.
I do have one little nagging worry though. The gearbox, from new, has had this feeling of "backlash" about it. By this I mean specifically it sounds like a box with a bit too much final drive backlash in the crown wheel/pinion mesh. The box itself - by which I mean all gears - runs quietly with no whines etc although it is a bit "rattly" at tickover (due to 3 cylinder engine and modern "thin" gear oil?) but when changing gear and taking up the drive you often hear (and feel slightly) a subdued clunk (difficult to describe in words) just as if there is too much play between the pinion and crownwheel teeth. There is no whine whilst driving. I've raised it at each of the 3 services (last one just over a month ago so now out of warranty) and each time the service reception has said "nothing to worry about" big dealer - Arnold Clark (I can hear the groans of sympathy as I'm typing). We have an excellent VAG indy up here in Edinburgh (AVW) with whom I've been friendly for a while - having had Seat's and Skoda's in the family for many years - and I'm going to pop along and have a chat with them soon. Right now though I'm down near Salisbury at my Daughter's home and then going across to North Devon for a week with my Mrs's sister before returning to Edinburgh. So a lot of miles to do and the gearbox has been playing on my mind just as I'm dropping off to sleep at night - I suffer from being one of the worlds great worriers!
Anyone know anything about these boxes (5 speed) are there any known issues? I remember, nervously, The problem with the crownwheel rivets shearing and milling their way through the diff housing a few years ago (haven't heard of one lately though). This 'box is a much more lightweight component compared to the one on my old 1.9tdi (VE) Cordoba Vario. She went on for 19 years without a serious failure of anything.
Well, that was a bit of a long post folks? I'll try not to ramble so much in future.
My question concerns my 2016 (bought new) Ibiza ST 1.0 litre (95hp - I think?) 3 cylinder turbo petrol Ibiza ecomotive. She's just out of warranty and I'm beginning to get "intimate" with her. To the extent that we have now named her "Twinkle" or "twink" - Sad isn't it? Anyway, I'm retired from a life in and around the motor trade and do all my own maintenance. I love pretty much every thing about the car (now with around 15,000 miles behind us) - Well ok, I could criticise the turbo lag from very low revs, but that would be nitpicking.
I do have one little nagging worry though. The gearbox, from new, has had this feeling of "backlash" about it. By this I mean specifically it sounds like a box with a bit too much final drive backlash in the crown wheel/pinion mesh. The box itself - by which I mean all gears - runs quietly with no whines etc although it is a bit "rattly" at tickover (due to 3 cylinder engine and modern "thin" gear oil?) but when changing gear and taking up the drive you often hear (and feel slightly) a subdued clunk (difficult to describe in words) just as if there is too much play between the pinion and crownwheel teeth. There is no whine whilst driving. I've raised it at each of the 3 services (last one just over a month ago so now out of warranty) and each time the service reception has said "nothing to worry about" big dealer - Arnold Clark (I can hear the groans of sympathy as I'm typing). We have an excellent VAG indy up here in Edinburgh (AVW) with whom I've been friendly for a while - having had Seat's and Skoda's in the family for many years - and I'm going to pop along and have a chat with them soon. Right now though I'm down near Salisbury at my Daughter's home and then going across to North Devon for a week with my Mrs's sister before returning to Edinburgh. So a lot of miles to do and the gearbox has been playing on my mind just as I'm dropping off to sleep at night - I suffer from being one of the worlds great worriers!
Anyone know anything about these boxes (5 speed) are there any known issues? I remember, nervously, The problem with the crownwheel rivets shearing and milling their way through the diff housing a few years ago (haven't heard of one lately though). This 'box is a much more lightweight component compared to the one on my old 1.9tdi (VE) Cordoba Vario. She went on for 19 years without a serious failure of anything.
Well, that was a bit of a long post folks? I'll try not to ramble so much in future.