Civic Type R Gearbox Issue

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Six weeks ago, I had my transmission oil changed by Honda. This may or may not be part of the issue.

This next part may or may not be part of the issue either, but it may be relevant.

I was driving my CTR yesterday, and gunned it off some traffic lights. I didn't floor it in 1st from the off, that's just painful on the gearbox. As I changed into second, I heard a loud BANG. At first I thought (read hoped) this was just a bit of backfiring, not that my CTR has ever backfired before though.

Shortly after this, I noticed a burning oil smell. I attributed this to the diesel van in front and went gently on my way. The smell lingered after the van went it's own way.

This morning, I checked beneath where the car was parked and found oil. I nursed the car to work (about a mile), and placed some cardboard beneath the engine area. I found clean oil (not engine oil) on the cardboard, so it seems my gearbox is leaking.

I'm thinking that the gearbox mount banjaxed itself (by hearing the bang), and the strain on the gearbox has caused something rather undesirable to happen, i.e. something's cracked.

I have someone looking at the car on Monday, hopefully it'll not be too major. If it is, well, I'll just have to swallow the cost. :(
 
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Nathan said:
sounds like maybe a hole through the casing :( do all gears select ok?
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99% of the time it's fine. I did have a minor issue getting it into 4th at one point though (it took two goes), although CTR gearboxes are known to be a PITA sometimes.
 
Niki Dickson Cars

http://dealerservices.autotrader.co.uk/187204/index.htm

not sure what he has in at the moment but i do know that he gets quite a few dc5's in for breaking.

danza said:
Roughly how much for a DC5 box? I can probably pick up a decent EP3 'box for ~£400, probably less.
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no idea mate. i do know that they are pretty expensive though. A lot of the CTR owners want them and this drives the price of them up quite a bit.
 
If you've broken a mount the gear stick will usually move back and forward quite a bit under acceleration or braking. I thought I broke a mount on my integra but it turned out to be a missing gearbox mount bolt :eek:
 
Gatwick Honda from my experiance are very very poor, mechanics seem to be very inept and have almost no knowledge of S2000s.

I went to have my hub nuts tightened (10-15min job) and they tried to charge me an hours labour, I was watching the guy doing it and he disapeared for 30mins of this so called labour, turns out he was reading through the workshop manual to see how much to tighten it too, I could have told him this from the onset. When I changed the oil next I noticed they hadnt even replaced the crush washers :/

I refused to pay and kicked up a fuss and in the end the work was given to me for free (was in for a minor service).

tl:dr I suspect its something they have or haven't done, Make them come and collect your car and set it right.
 
The synchro on older honda boxes have been known to die in certain gears which can make it hard select the affected gears.

The prelude for example is known to have problems with 1st and 5th gears.

I have also heard large numbers of horror stories with people who have just had transmission fluid changes. Some would argue that this is because they felt a problem, so had the transmission fluid changed, other that getting the changes done can trigger gearbox issues.
 
touge said:
If you've broken a mount the gear stick will usually move back and forward quite a bit under acceleration or braking. I thought I broke a mount on my integra but it turned out to be a missing gearbox mount bolt :eek:
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Well it doesn't move about. It drives as normal, apart from the leaking oil. I did initilally think that the Honda tech may had over tightened the tranny drain bolt, thus cracking the casing. The trouble with that theory is the drain bolt is below the line of the exhaust IIRC, so no oil would drip onto it.

My usual local service bloke is going to look at the car mindful of the fact that Honda may have done something to cause this.

I can feel an expensive one coming on!
 
I drove my 2003 EP3 within an inch of it's life ever day for 2.5 years, I even hit the limiter in 1st and crunched second more times that I can remember, casue it's the VTEC way y0!

Seems like you've got a friday afternoon car or a rubbish dealer/mechanic looking after it. I hope you get it sorted out, but I'd look at finding a decent specialist, maybe ask on the forums for local experiences.
 
This makes me worry with the abuse I give mine that it will just give up soon :p

gL with getting it fixed.
 
ci_newman said:
Are you taking it to TGM? Bit of a drive though :(
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No, it'll be a case of get the mechanic to look at it, then either:

1. Wring the life out of Honda until they sort it.

2. Buy as low a mileage gearbox as I can without going mad and have it fitted.

3. Laugh whimsically over a cup of tea shared with my mechanic, due to it being a minor issue costing mere pennies to fix. Then cue the credits as I VTEC off over the horizon.

Most likely prognosis based on this car, my general misfortune with it, and how my day has been so far is 2.
 
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