Carina E Manual Gearbox

November 26, 2003

I have a 93 Carina E 1.6 XLi with 110 000km, which every now and then jumps out of 5th gear while cruising at motorway speeds. It seems to happen when applying throttle in 5th, and I can only recall it happening after driving for some time, i.e. time enough for the box to get warm.

Is this likely to be caused by a problem with an internal gearbox component (selector fork or something), or could it be something a little easier and less xpensive, such as selector cables, gearbox oil or something?

Any suggestions or help would be very welcome!!

Thanks :rolleyes:

November 27, 2003

Hi BigP and welcome to the club!!

I used to have a rolla with the same problem. So it would be good to check the stick because it might be there is someting blocking it. After that, I decided to tight the command bars in the gear box, in the engine bay. That fixed it all.

Good luck!

Cheers

Coyote from BA

Argentina

December 5, 2003

It could also be a defunct engine mount. When you apply throttle the engine will rock due to torque reaction. If a mount is dead it will rock excessively and may cause the linkage to disengage the gear. Only a suggestion but might be worth a check :)

December 5, 2003

Forgot to mention, on my '94 Carina E GTi I changed the gearbox oil in line with the service schedule (like the good little boy I am). Now the flamin' thing crunches when engaging third gear! :angry: Moral: Gearbox was not noisy before changing oil so, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! :censor:

December 6, 2003

It could be quite simply that uyour gearbox is on its way out, same thing happened to my Carina E and it soon after required a new gearbox, but maybe that was due to the ill fitted clutch from toyota. Thats another story! Hope it isnt the same thing for you, but i have heard a few people suffering from Gearbox problems on Carina Es'.

Anyone else suffered would be interesting to know.