screwed again, but by how much?

[Fluffmarten]

right, here again with another tale of woe from a polo.
Gearbox trouble today, i suspect it's a bearing got loose, read that whirring is the telltale sign in the early stages, i had that, didn't know was a problem at first, then the thing starts making the grinding bangings something crunching sound. as i said it's probably the bearing.

I managed to get the thing home ASAP, but had to cover 25 miles and a bit of motorway driving in the process, i have also lost 4th gear. from what i've said is anyone able to tell me just how much damage there could be? got about £30 in the back til end of month, which no way will cover, need to start working 14 hour shifts, 7 days a week to get money.
Cheers for any light you can shine on me, not having much luck with this car at the mo

[mitty]

sounds like ur in for a re-con. be bout 350-550quid parts and labour (depending)

i was in the same position, i shuda got it sorted early but didnt. i was without the polo for bout 3weeks and cost me bout 270quid total only coz my dads mate has a garage

stay away from a VW garage unless u got lots of money and dont mind havin ur pants pulled down haha

[Fluffmarten]

what if i take it up the garage and got them to take the broken metally bits out? would it keep working for a time? i can live without 4th gear for the time being

[mitty]

haha dont kno bout that one, not reli an expert. i doubt u can but it dont hurt to ask i guess. it takes ages to get to the gear box and remove it, when my re-con came in the post i was surprised by how big it was. thats y the labour cost is like 200quid

[stani540]

the same thing has just happened on my mk5 im getting it checked over tonoro

[Fluffmarten]

has been several weeks now but finally found a box, out of an R reg with 40k miles, only £150, hopefully it's not a dud, gets fitted tuesday. reckon labour costs are gonna get me, ut i'm happy nontheless. now just gotta treat it a bit better this time around

[Bryn]

the exact same fing happend to me m8.
one of my bearings collapsed i baught a second hand box to 150 quid n then put it in myself its not to hard just takes time. hope your back on the road soon

[Fluffmarten]

its going again, £270 labour, new problems though which i'll present in a new thread

[Fluffmarten]

it just gets worse, driving to work today i hear a loudd bang, and repeated banging noises, and have completely lost all acceleration, i'm beginnig to not like this car a lot