Newage WRX gearbox whining

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29 June 2011, 08:04 AM

andy bird

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Newage WRX gearbox whining

Hi all car has done 98k miles and its a bugeye. It whines first to third not too bad but noticable, is this normal or is it on its way to being fubar? Is there anyway to make it.better?

Think its the gearbox could be the diff i guess

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29 June 2011, 08:13 AM

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Have you checked the gearbox oil level and when were the oil(s) last replaced?

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29 June 2011, 08:40 AM

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check the oil as tony as said. i'd even be tempted to just go buy some decent gearbox oil and replace it just to see, far cheaper than a box itself.

wayne.