When I get in the car start it up and start driving fairly soon after without letting it warm up it can be pretty tuff to shift into gears. Sometimes it wll even grind ever so slightly. I was curious if anyone else had this problem. Once the car is warm though it shifts into gear smooth as silk and seems perfectly fine. Is this common on TII's?

Thanks

 

Top off your tranny oil or change it and use a synthetic.
Bleed your clutch hydraulics.
Lube your shifter.

 

Replace the trans fluid.
I recommend Redline MT-90.


-Ted

 

A test- Engine idling- listen to the tranny gear noise- step on the clutch & listen for how long it takes the gears to spin down. It should be <4 seconds.

 

did you ever fix your clutch? i remember when i was over there...it whined when you pressed it down...i forget what its called right now....someone will remind me im sure...

 

throwout bearing?... no i didnt I will try change my trans fluid and use redline if i can find it at the local store... thanks guys

 

foot on the clutch with whining = throwout bearing

foot off the clutch with whining = pilotbearing

 

Pilot bearing huh.... doesn't that mean Tranny = out and rebuid?

 

Yes, I had the same exact symptoms and took it to a local perfromance shop and they drained the old tranny fluid and put in royal purple fluid . Now she shifts so smooth. What a difference. The perfromance shop said that I may need to change it a second time if the shifting was not to my satisfaction, but one time did it for me.

 

thanks so much foothills I will do that tomorrow... I will let you all know how it goes

 

if you have trouble finding Redline check your local German auto parts store, most those places will carry almost nothing but redline.