Hi guys,

Have been loving my GTi6. Clutch was starting to slip so took it in for a new one.

Received it back a week or so later. New clutch felt great. Drove about 600kms before all of a sudden, no clutch. Just a loose pedal.

Took it back, the clutch they put in was faulty and had disintegrated. No worries, replaced under warranty.

Driving away from the garage this time, the car was graunching while going into 3rd and 5th gear. Thinking it was just the new clutch wearing in, I continued home. Next day it was still doing it, so took it back.

They call back, saying they had put the wrong gearbox oil in when they did the first clutch. They will drain and replace with the correct oil and see if it fixes the problem.

It didnt. They are now telling me the synchro is screwed and are currently taking gearbox apart to see what needs replacing. He says it had nothing to do with them and must be just a coincidence that it happened while in their care.

Now I'm no mechanic, but this seems unreasonable to me. It seems clear that the faulty clutch disintigrating while I was mid gear change must have done something, made worse by having the incorrect gearbox oil.

However not knowing how these things work, I cant exactly argue with them.

So what do you guys think? Should I just suck it up and pay for a new gearbox, or have I got good reason to fight these guys?

Wayne - Buying one from here might be difficult - he lives in New Zealand.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

Thanks guys. Where would I go to find a box for sale? Cant really get them here as nobody drives Peugeots.