Need Help with Rocker Cover Gasket & Others... VW Golf MK4, 2000, 1.6L, Man, ..

[kendog]

holy sheeeeiiittt!
that's nearly what I paid for the whole car! I've seen a guy advertise on gumtree for rebuilt mk4 1.6 gearboxes for like $1400. I wonder how much to get a 'stronger' one from him?.. now I'm woried about losing mine and being left with a mega bill! hmmmmmmm, back to the gti thoughts again maybe?....

[craig_the_german]

When my gearbox went it was reverse gear that broke a tooth off (quite common apparently) then the tooth went right through the box.
Cost me about $3800 i think.

And mine has no wide wheels and I drive like grand dad.

[kendog]

Sheeeeiiiiiitttttt!

Craig & Clarkee, what km's did you have the clock when the gearbox failed?

What's the most common thing that fails/breaks the gearbox?

[Clarkee_vw]

I had 125,000kms on the clock I think..

Mine blew the whole lot I had no gears at all including reverse lol

If ya gonna do something do it properly

[kendog]

DAMN! I'm on about 134,000km at the moment..

[Clarkee_vw]

You'll be right just take it easy with it

Try not to give ya car too much of a hard time and ur gearbox should be fine kenbot.

[kendog]

Hmm, maybe. I'm still a little uncertain of the long term...

[craig_the_german]

Sheeeeiiiiiitttttt!

Craig & Clarkee, what km's did you have the clock when the gearbox failed?

What's the most common thing that fails/breaks the gearbox?

Mine was noisy at 50000km and lasted till about 90000km when the "tick tick" in reverse got so bad I couldn't put up with it.

[kendog]

ok, thanks for that.

Hmmm, well mine 'seems' fine at the moment, so maybe nothing to worry about for a while.. I'm still going to keep my ears open for a bargain GTI I think... .. it just won't look the same..

[Clarkee_vw]

I'm still going to try and do engine work to my car.. could be costly but we shall find out lol

[kendog]

well keep me posted, you know I'll be hanging on every word!

[Clarkee_vw]

I've got a question for everyone..

My golf has a 1.6Lt avu engine and it seems to be more powerful then a golf with an akl ml engine.. They both supposed to have the same kw (74 or 75kw)

All I've done is put a 2 1/2 inch car back exhaust. I don't even run a pod filter..

How can I beat the same powered engine?? :/

[Clarkee_vw]

How u going with that car ken? Did you fix the rocker cover gasket??
What about that gearbox?