wrecked-looking-guy

Hi Harry maybe this info is useful... seems to mention level sensor as a fault. What filter did you use, you are happy with the quality? I see you changed the oil, is there a service interval that needs to be reset? Always good to get the actual pressure readings from a garage for peace of mind, I'd drive it as little as possible until I knew what was going on. Sorry I can't be more help

The swivel where the gear cable connects to the gear arm can be cleaned and lubed, It doesn't have to be removed to get it 90% right. This is the other end of that arm, and what was dirty on my car. The silicone spray (with straw attached) helped along with liberal cleaning. PTFE grease to finish it off. If that doesn't improve things enough, and you are out of warranty, you can try the likes of Slick 50 gearbox treatment. I didn't need to use it here, but it worked *really* well on my old Passat 1.8T sticky graunchy second. Lasted for years after I added it (I already tried changing the gearbox oil, with little improvement, and tried molyslip - useless. Might be useful to someone.

And just to the left of the gear lever, now the eccentric arm and spring are visibly lubed.

So just left of centre the ball assembly has been lubed. Above this is part of the eccentric mechanism which needs a fair bit of lubing. Hidden behind the gear lever is the end of the eccentric that worth massaging wome grease into, plus the hidden portion of the spring just visible above.

That's the front portion of the gaiter, which I pushed rearward before pulling up from the side

Hi guys, I freed up my (1.4 TSi) slightly stiff manual gears by using 2 products, silicone spray and super lube, a PTFE grease. There's 2 areas easy approached, in the cabin under the gaiter and the mechanism under the bonnet. First is easy enough, I used a pair of feeler blades to push the front portion of the gaiter (no don't try to remove the chrome part) back a little before getting my hand in and pulling up from the side of the gaiter. once lifted up the ball mount is a first target for grease and spray, but the whole mechanism, especially the eccentric mechanism to the left of the lever needed some grease massaged into it, followed by silicone spray. It's safe to depress the clutch and work through the gears with normal pressure... don't force it into a gear it doesn't want to go into. This lets you see the areas needing greasing. Even the little spring holding pressure as you engage reverse can be lubed and this will aid in selecting reverse. The second part, under the bonnet is easy enough too. There's a slider and groove that mate together on the exterior of the gearbox, and dirt accumulates there hindering movement. Cleaning the groove with Kitchen towels, repeated spraying with silicon spray will get the gunk out, and finally add in some PTFE grease if you have it. Ill add a few pics and hopefully make what I outlined with word salad seem do-able.