To the tune of Lilly the Pink, rather than sombre music ... I am afraid my Roomster 1.9 TDI  , has basically bitten the  dust . The gear box  has basically had it at 67,000 miles . I ran the car down to Erith and back from Watford last weekend and found I had difficulty getting third gear... I have always had the second gear clunk (damn syncromesh!!) but my gear box seemed to be having a law unto itself. I took the car down to the local dealership (yup the clowns who didn't spot the broken wheel bearing- seems like the idiot who took the car out last time , was sacked anyway he is no longer there) The senior mechanic who has worked for Skoda for around 20 years took it out for a run and found what I had (almost no 3rd gear ) , and also wondered why my clutch setting was so high....  To cut a long story short they costed out the new clutch cable and gear box replacement at an eye watering £2870!! as the car at best being 10 years old was probably worth £1700 at best.... So I declined their offer... So now I am looking for a low mileage Diesel TDI Yeti.....hopefully not a 4x4...

25 minutes ago, Cartaret1 said:

To the tune of Lilly the Pink, rather than sombre music ... I am afraid my Roomster 1.9 TDI  , has basically bitten the  dust . The gear box  has basically had it at 67,000 miles . I ran the car down to Erith and back from Watford last weekend and found I had difficulty getting third gear... I have always had the second gear clunk (damn syncromesh!!) but my gear box seemed to be having a law unto itself. I took the car down to the local dealership (yup the clowns who didn't spot the broken wheel bearing- seems like the idiot who took the car out last time , was sacked anyway he is no longer there) The senior mechanic who has worked for Skoda for around 20 years took it out for a run and found what I had (almost no 3rd gear ) , and also wondered why my clutch setting was so high....  To cut a long story short they costed out the new clutch cable and gear box replacement at an eye watering £2870!! as the car at best being 10 years old was probably worth £1700 at best.... So I declined their offer... So now I am looking for a low mileage Diesel TDI Yeti.....hopefully not a 4x4...

 

Why a diesel TDI and not the 1.2 TSI (if you only did 67,000 miles in 10 years, you will never save very much in fuel)

 

I ask because without knowing your budget or journey length/type.  Seems wrong because used euro6 diesels can be very troublesome and expensive  (or more precisely the filters can) so are best avoided for regular short journeys.  They need a regular journey of at least 40-50 minutes to regenerate the emissions equipment which won’t happen driving locally.  Whereas the TSi is leaps and bounds ahead of older petrols.  

 

The newer diesels are more abundant (because most people won’t touch them having heard of repairs costing hundreds) whereas the petrols get snapped up.

 

Completely different to decade ago ago when the euro4 TDI was bulletproof and the petrols not as good.

 

 

The Roomster has a clutch cable? 

Edited 29 January, 20188 yr by SuperbTWM

No  its the clutch itself  that's screwed  cost around £650nin a Skoda dealership  or maybe £450 if you know someone ...But the basic  thing is the gear box  has gone to heaven...

18 hours ago, SuperbTWM said:

The Roomster has a clutch cable? 

No it is hydraulic. Did they quote for changing the cable ? I'd of been suspicious of their knowledge as soon as they mentioned the words "Clutch cable" 

1 hour ago, aubrey said:

No it is hydraulic. Did they quote for changing the cable ? I'd of been suspicious of their knowledge as soon as they mentioned the words "Clutch cable" 

Exactly what I was thinking. 

Hopefully the garage is telling the truth.

I have a 1.9 with the same mileage and if I had similar problems I would check the brake fluid to the clutch cylinders had been replaced and bleed.(very easy to overlook when changing the brake fluid )

Second I would check the gear cable adjustment, its a bit of a fiddle ,and in fact when I tried it I made things worse ,and it took 2 more attempts to get it right.

I also changed the gearbox oil some years ago as a precaution.

 

 

 

Hi Cartaret,

I'm liking what Bobspark says, why not search online for a small trustworthy VW group specialist local to you, get them to do the clutch fluid and bleed, drain and refil the gearbox oil, and adjust the gear cable stuff.  Surely do-able for under £100?  And better than trying to source a gearbox & clutch from a scrappy and then the cost to swap it all....

Richard.

A small independent would most likely give you an honest appraisal just by having a quick look ,without any work being done. I know mine would .

depending where you are there's a cracking VAG specialist near me - he has diagnosed code faults on my car by listening to it, then scanned it and confirmed correct -- I'm sure he's a wizard