xsara piccaso gearbox.....

[Garry Spice]

help! my car was fine driving home,reversed up the drive and now wont go into gear with the engine running.confused....help

[Maddy]

Originally Posted by Garry Spice

help! my car was fine driving home,reversed up the drive and now wont go into gear with the engine running.confused....help

Check the gearbox cables haven't popped out,theses have cables and not linkages,
Very easy repair.
or adjust as required.
hope this helps.

[budfish]

Sounds like it's the gearbox selector or clutch you might be lucky and it could just need adjusting

[crewie]

Check fluid level first. It should be the same as the Peugeot system which means its hydraulic. It uses fluid from the brake reservoir so check that first. If all ok possibly the slave cylinder. Because the pedal is sprung it can feel ok but actually something is wrong.

Hth a bit

[crewie]

Just to add being hydraulic may depend on the age. Can't remember off the top of my head

[Garry Spice]

thanks dave!

[savage stevo]

Sounds like the clutch bearing may have collapsed, quite a common problem on peugeots and citreons as they use a very small bearing. Seen plenty of these doing two or three a week!

[Col]

Does it go into gear when not running?

[fidspeed]

Originally Posted by Col

Does it go into gear when not running?

beat me to it Col

if you can select all gears without engine running this eliminates linkages cables and selector mechanism and points directly to clutch issues either clutch cable/hydraulic problems or internal failure which will demand gearbox removal


if you have driven home with no issues lately i wouldnt think internal failure is likely but as we dont know if you can select gears with the engine switched off the jury is out

regards fid