willem
New Member
Hello,
I have a Rover P6 from '71 with a BW35 gearbox.
It has a problem, It will stay in 1st gear when the 2nd is engaged.
I can drive in L position. If I select D1, it pulls away, until 2nd gear is engaged, then it slows down until it switches back, then the process repeats again.
When I try to drive away in D2, not much happens, the car moves with a lot of resistance.
The problem has suddenly occurred after a few days of downtime. It worked fine (for a BW35), but after a few days the problem appeared right away. I noticed lately that it sometimes took a little longer before 2nd was engaged, when I stopped and just selected all the gears it functioned normal.
The oil looks good, as new actually, though I did notice that the oil I topped up with was incorrect (misread the label).
Do you have any idea what might be going on here?
Regards Willem.
I have a Rover P6 from '71 with a BW35 gearbox.
It has a problem, It will stay in 1st gear when the 2nd is engaged.
I can drive in L position. If I select D1, it pulls away, until 2nd gear is engaged, then it slows down until it switches back, then the process repeats again.
When I try to drive away in D2, not much happens, the car moves with a lot of resistance.
The problem has suddenly occurred after a few days of downtime. It worked fine (for a BW35), but after a few days the problem appeared right away. I noticed lately that it sometimes took a little longer before 2nd was engaged, when I stopped and just selected all the gears it functioned normal.
The oil looks good, as new actually, though I did notice that the oil I topped up with was incorrect (misread the label).
Do you have any idea what might be going on here?
Regards Willem.