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Sorry for the delay.
My car is a 2.0 HDi 'S' estate (90 ps)

I'm begining to wonder if that part of the box is being starved of oil.
I do long motorway trips, well 200 miles, every 4 days.
In 5th most of the way, seldom over 80 when overtaking.
Usually about 70-75 all the way.

As Victor Meldrew would lament - I don't belieeeeve it! Approaching 120,000 miles, and it's happened again. So that's less than 20k on my second gearbox and that has stripped 5th gear as well. Anyone know someone at the factory who might be able to explain? It's not like you can really abuse it once...

The two main gears are in constant mesh, engaged by moving another gear into mesh within the main box.
The failure was immediate, with no warning.
I am hoping it was a one-off defect and not something that is likely to happen again.

The bushes/bearings had no play in them, BTW.

This is history for me now, but last year I was nearing the end of my weekly run home from Liverpool when I suddenly lost drive when I was on the motorway. I was coming in to the 50mph limit stretch at the end of the M6. I changed down into fourth and all seemed ok. Tried 5th again, nothing, no rumb...

Thanks. I can't find my Haynes manual, so I'll get another and try and buy all the bits and pieces before I tackle it. I don't have time to keep it off the road. Anyone know of the best place to buy spares online? (Preferably with a decent parts listing) I'll have a dig through the forum in case its...

Cheers guys, I have had a quick look at the connectors that I can. Getting into the fan in front of the rad might be a bit of a faff, but the ones I can see look ok. There doesn't seem to be anything coming from the thermostat body, but there looks like something from the head near it. I'll have ano...

I have just started getting an intermittant problem. The dash 'STOP' warning comes on and after beeping the message 'Engine Temperature Too High' is displayed on the console. Meanwhile the temp gauge stops working. The first time it happened, I started slowing down and was ready to pull in to check ...

Hello folks. Thought I'd best search out an owners club 'cos my '04 406 HDi 's' estate is getting some miles under her belt. Currently just shy of 120,000 miles. She's just starting to show some niggles and while I know my way around a toolbox, I thought it might be wise to get some advice before de...