Omega Owners Forum

Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 24 July 2013, 19:22:17

Title: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: terry paget on 24 July 2013, 19:22:17
Y188NFA 2.2 petrol manual

I find it difficult to engage gear especially first thing in the morning. I have bled the clutch, seems to free OK, gearchanging is easy enough. This is something I have not met before on Senators or Omegas. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: TheBoy on 24 July 2013, 19:23:57
oil change?
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: 05omegav6 on 24 July 2013, 20:16:47
Mine has almost always done that when cold. Once it's warmed up a touch it is fine :y

What mileage is that at? I put mine down to abusewear
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 24 July 2013, 20:19:34
A good synthetic oil is the answer, really changes the feel of the box
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: Nick W on 24 July 2013, 20:46:58
A good synthetic oil is the answer, really changes the feel of the box

That certainly works on the very similar BMW gearboxes.
New, synthetic oil gives them an almost acceptable shift quality.
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: terry paget on 24 July 2013, 21:58:11
Mine has almost always done that when cold. Once it's warmed up a touch it is fine :y

What mileage is that at? I put mine down to abusewear
85213. I suppose the oil could be low, so in the morning first thing the linkage is dry. Once it has splashed about a bit things improve.
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: 05omegav6 on 24 July 2013, 22:15:09
I find it only affects first and reverse, hence thinking it's a wear issue rather than specifically an oil one :-\

Mine has almost always done that when cold. Once it's warmed up a touch it is fine :y

What mileage is that at? I put mine down to abusewear
85213. I suppose the oil could be low, so in the morning first thing the linkage is dry. Once it has splashed about a bit things improve.

Synchro rings sticking together if the car is left in gear on a slope perhaps :-\ doubt it's a linkage problem tbh
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: ronnyd on 25 July 2013, 00:29:40
Mine,s a bit notchy first thing but it has done 160k so what can i expect :-\
Title: Re: difficulty engaging first and reverse with car stationary
Post by: cnj on 25 July 2013, 05:43:30
my old cdx did in excess of 200k with no known wear issues. so I expect as others have said its a dry linkage issue, change the oil and then you can see if there's any crap comes out !