MC707
Tuner
Sup all.First of all, I'd be thankful if you read this 'essay' I just did, most people are lazy and don't help.:sad2: I was talking about my Megane ride some time ago. Now something strange has happened, I hope a very knowledgeable person can enlighten me cuz this is real confusing.
Ok so some time ago I was washing my car (we wash it the oldskool way, just a high pressure hose and car shampoo). So this person I know told me "why don't you wash the engine?". I never thought about it and never washed the engine before, but he always washed his ride's engine, so we checked the engine and it was dusty as hell (black oily sticky dust), so he washed the engine. He did bend the hose so the pressure was diminished, so it didn't f*** up the engine - apparently. So I am happy and take my car out the gas station, on to home. Some blocks away, I stop at a red light. When I try to shift to 1st gear (change to neutral when I stop at red lights), some sort of rubber (dunno what it was, I've never seen inside the gearbox) clogged my way to fully engage 1st gear, so I lift the clutch lightly and press the accelerator like always. However, at that moment I hear a scraping sound which I've never heard, but the gearstick finally fits. The rest of the day and all days after that, I have that strange crap that prevents me to easily and normally get to 1st gear.
Two days after that (I couldn't drive correctly with the gearstick gettin' stuck) I decide to send it to the mechanic, and so they decide to open the gearbox. They tell me renault engines CAN'T be washed, and that my car shouldn't even have turned on after the guy washed my ride's engine (it did turn on thankfully). However, my dad never told me the engine can't be washed conventionally (arghhh! :evil. The dude said it was because someone didn't shift gears well (my dad probably, I SWEAR I shift gears fine!), but I really think the damage is actually because that rubber crap that prevented me from getting the 1st gear well and made that scraping sound. What I can't explain is why the rubbery crap suddenly started getting stuck so I couldn't get the gear correctly.
Now my problem is, I want to know if there is any real relation between the washing of the engine, and the problem getting the gearstick to fit the first gear. Also, why in the hell can't renault engines be washed?! Finally, I'd like to know if there is a solution (new gearbox, quick shift gearstick upgrade kit, etc) to make my gear shifting as fast and seamless as possible, which would be the best option (I believe a quick gearstick upgrade would be easier than a full gearbox upgrade...), and the less expensive. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Mario
Ok so some time ago I was washing my car (we wash it the oldskool way, just a high pressure hose and car shampoo). So this person I know told me "why don't you wash the engine?". I never thought about it and never washed the engine before, but he always washed his ride's engine, so we checked the engine and it was dusty as hell (black oily sticky dust), so he washed the engine. He did bend the hose so the pressure was diminished, so it didn't f*** up the engine - apparently. So I am happy and take my car out the gas station, on to home. Some blocks away, I stop at a red light. When I try to shift to 1st gear (change to neutral when I stop at red lights), some sort of rubber (dunno what it was, I've never seen inside the gearbox) clogged my way to fully engage 1st gear, so I lift the clutch lightly and press the accelerator like always. However, at that moment I hear a scraping sound which I've never heard, but the gearstick finally fits. The rest of the day and all days after that, I have that strange crap that prevents me to easily and normally get to 1st gear.
Two days after that (I couldn't drive correctly with the gearstick gettin' stuck) I decide to send it to the mechanic, and so they decide to open the gearbox. They tell me renault engines CAN'T be washed, and that my car shouldn't even have turned on after the guy washed my ride's engine (it did turn on thankfully). However, my dad never told me the engine can't be washed conventionally (arghhh! :evil. The dude said it was because someone didn't shift gears well (my dad probably, I SWEAR I shift gears fine!), but I really think the damage is actually because that rubber crap that prevented me from getting the 1st gear well and made that scraping sound. What I can't explain is why the rubbery crap suddenly started getting stuck so I couldn't get the gear correctly.
Now my problem is, I want to know if there is any real relation between the washing of the engine, and the problem getting the gearstick to fit the first gear. Also, why in the hell can't renault engines be washed?! Finally, I'd like to know if there is a solution (new gearbox, quick shift gearstick upgrade kit, etc) to make my gear shifting as fast and seamless as possible, which would be the best option (I believe a quick gearstick upgrade would be easier than a full gearbox upgrade...), and the less expensive. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Mario