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Amazingusername

20:th-Jan-2018, 20:40:55
I have an astra 2.0 cdti 2012 and when the car is cold the gears are hard to select and feel stiff until the car is warm. Then everything is fine!!

Rusty2009

21:st-Jan-2018, 09:13:29
That's normal a cable adjustment can help abit and gearbox fluid change may also help but it never fully goes away

marcus01

22:nd-Jan-2018, 13:27:15
2.0 Cdti is notchy from 1st to 2nd when cold. It's OK after a few minutes.

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rlievens

22:nd-Jan-2018, 16:10:47
1.7 too for that matter Big grin

sparkyscfc74

28:th-Jan-2018, 12:58:59
I found that when I fitted my short shifter and greased all of the moving parts including the ball joint of the gear stick, rods and the shifter itself, gear changes are much smoother.


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Iaintruten

29:th-Jan-2018, 03:29:52
Hopefully after the end of today I won't be worrying anymore with the notchy gearbox since I'm picking up my new focus at end of today as long as my white astra makes it as that's me put it all back to standard including 2nd hand dpf fitted and remap taken off. As well as new halogen headlights, cost me a small fortune putting it back to standard lol.

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Iaintruten

29:th-Jan-2018, 05:22:15
I will still be on this to try and help people as there is a good bunch of guys on here.

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marcus01

9:th-Feb-2018, 20:15:22
Good stuff. Enjoy your Ford focus, I hope you don't have any problems with it as I've heard that there might be a cam sprocket issue with them. 1.5 motor.

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Iaintruten

9:th-Feb-2018, 20:20:45
Yeah mines going in on Monday for that exact recall as I cracked up today that they sold me the car with that recall still outstanding lol so they are doing that as well as new timing belt etc under the recall.

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