Manual Gearbox Rattling

[Pedja]

Hey guys, I bought a FG xr6 not long ago, its only do 13000kms, its a year old.

Now everytime I turn on the car and its "cold" I hear a little click/rattling sound coming from straight above the manual gear stick. its like krrrrrrrr. Honest start with "k" and a long "r".

When I push the clutch in and the car not in any gears its stops, when I release the clutch it starts again.

When the cars in 1st, 2nd, 3rd gear and the rpm is between 0-1200rmp its shakes/rattles like something inside is really really loose. But when I change gears in higher rpm the sounds not there just about 1900rpm no sounds.

When I drive up my driveway that's when you can notice it a lot because its in lower rpm and going up almost a mountain it laterally sounds like a diesel truck shaking.

I took it to ford about 4 times, they keep tell me its a truck gear box it normal sounds like that...the sound can be so loud sometimes my friends asked me a few times, is this a v8....and a girl with a full exhaust on a swift could hear it when we were leaving the lights (shes a ford fan )

Ford also said its some heat shield that's loose... but they charged me 400 for a service and said they fixed it but as soon as I left the car park I heard it.

I love this car with my life, nothing wrong with it only thing I could be worried about the massive "BOOM" sound that comes from the diff when I change a at 6500rpm when im driving with a little spirit.

What do I do...I told ford they keep telling me its a truck gear box or a heat shield..

I was told by a guy who works on super cars that either the teeth or sinks in the gear box are loose or something else is very loose inside.

And this noise has been with the car ever since the day I drove it out of the dealership brand new.

Being my first car I ever bought and first RWD, I thought it was normal.

Any ideas?...Should I take it to someone to check it up and then tell ford hey wtf?

[BRK]

Mate - keep at Ford over this. Roll over rattle in neutral at idle speeds in a manual is pretty normal - especially with the aircon on. (Sounds like a bag of ball bearings) Anywhere else is a bit strange.

Have a look on the forum and get hold of one of the site sponsors to supply a report on the gearbox. Ford do replace these things, according to the dealer I took mine too. The T56 in the BF has this as an issue when it is hot and allegedly more so with aftermarket clutches (though I actually do not think it matters which clutch is in it.) I thought a lot of this was fixed in FG?

[Pedja]

Don't know first ford for me so yeah. Im going tomorrow to get it checked but it pisses me off they lie to my face when even I know it should sound like that.

[matsfgxr6turbo]

6500rpm changes will cause you more problems then some rattling mate maybe drive it more normally and you wont have to worry redline is 6250rpm

[AdamIan69]

Yep stay with them mate, ask to hear another manual in there workshop and compare for yourself. You checked the oil level? As said before it does sound like roll over noise. You can also buy an oil sample bottle and get the oil analysed. They will tell you what types of metal is wearing and the metal count. Your local caterpillar or Komatsu do it for around $20.

[gaz097]

Any luck with this? I have a 06 manual that has developed what sounds like a huge hear lash under 1500rpm. It also is there with ac on and goes away with clutch pressure . Cannot remove it under 1500 in first few gears