Corsa C 1.3 CDTi Gearbox Whine...

[LukeST]

Hi All,

Wonder if you can shed some light on the above for me.

We own (Wife's Car) a 2007 '56 Corsa 1.3 CDTi. One of the last of this shape before the D came out.

The car was brought brand new by my Mum and it was sold to us in February last year with 15,000 miles on the clock (Yes, 15k - it wasn't used that much) and now has just short of 26,000 miles on it.

However, I have started to use it more often of late as I was waiting delivery of my Focus ST. As I drive into my road, I can hear the gearbox whining in 2nd gear as you let off the throttle.

The car has always been serviced yearly and is now due for it's next one, but I cannot find a receipt for a gearbox oil change and my Mum isn't too sure either.

Is it possible the oil just requires a refresh or do I have a bigger problem on my hands?

I know for a fact my mum & dad looked after the car since new and we have too!

Thanks in Advance

Luke

[Defcon5]

gearbox oil is cheap enough to change it and see to be fair.

My daily is a '56 1.2 Corsa C and I don't seem to remember any gearbox related threads on the corsa forums, the vast majority are petrol though.

I seem to remember a lot of the diesel Astros and vectras of that age have gearbox issues though - maybe the diesel corsa shares the same box

[LukeST]

Defcon5 said:

gearbox oil is cheap enough to change it and see to be fair.

My daily is a '56 1.2 Corsa C and I don't seem to remember any gearbox related threads on the corsa forums, the vast majority are petrol though.

I seem to remember a lot of the diesel Astros and vectras of that age have gearbox issues though - maybe the diesel corsa shares the same box

Yeah that was my idea on the next service.

I cannot see any diesel related issues either on the gearboxes. The car is a 5 speed if that helps.

[Defcon5]

i had a Lupo where the gearbox whines on lift off - it was fine for years, but failed in spectacular fashion on the motorway one day.

You know that expensive sound of metal on metal ha