Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - Frozen/very stiff gearbox - cold weather ?

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Sun 28 Nov 2010 09:24
Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - Frozen/very stiff gearbox - cold weather ? - far0n

The missus has a 1.6 diesel C4 Grand Picasso. She mentioned that she couldn't move it 'cos the gearbox was frozen. Had a look and sure enough it's very stiff indeed. Obviously it was crazily cold up here yesterday ( -6°C in fact) but surely the gearbox shouldn't freeze should it? The only other thing I was thinking of was a massive gearbox oil leak but I can't see anything underneath. Anyone had this happen themselves or have other plausible explanations ? Ta muchly

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Sun 28 Nov 2010 09:30
Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - Frozen/very stiff gearbox - cold weather ? - bimmer-driver

We've got Citroen Nemo vans at work and on thursday morning 2 drivers rang in to say they were stuck in gear after being parked overnight. Idling them for 15 mins with the clutch down sorted it so I can only assume they were frozen.

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Sun 28 Nov 2010 14:45
Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - Frozen/very stiff gearbox - cold weather ? - injection doc

Faron

Just needs to be established as to whether its damp/moisture in the linkage that has caused the diffuculty or the oil in the gearbox.

Citreon do use a particular grade of gearbox oil which is normally very good but if they have been topped up with normal gear oil by a garage that hasn't check suitability this may cause stiff or bulky gear changes cold.

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Sun 28 Nov 2010 19:16
Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - Frozen/very stiff gearbox - cold weather ? - Peter D

Is this model not a cable driven gear change. If so, there is your problem. The oil in the box is just not an issue. Regards Peter

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