Reverse gear not engaged with cold start

[ThushanthaSrimal]

My car is honda city type z 2001 auto

When I start the car cold, lets say in the morning reverse gear not engages at once. It takes some time. Drive gear is working fine.

After the engine gets hot working fine.

And also shifting from 1 to 2 also takes time with cold start.

Run the car for sometime everything works fine.....

I changed the oil recently and its only old for 18k km...

What could be the problem? Will changing the oil agin be a solution? Or the box replecement? ????

[wolseley]

It is due to hardening of oil seals in the box. No need to replace the box. Get the seals replaced.

[PerfMad]

1 hour ago, ThushanthaSrimal said:

My car is honda city type z 2001 auto

When I start the car cold, lets say in the morning reverse gear not engages at once. It takes some time. Drive gear is working fine.

After the engine gets hot working fine.

And also shifting from 1 to 2 also takes time with cold start.

Run the car for sometime everything works fine.....

I changed the oil recently and its only old for 18k km...

What could be the problem? Will changing the oil agin be a solution? Or the box replecement? ????

Honda city gearbox prone to fail prematurely if not maintained properly. If possible try changing the oil first. If this comes with a cvt gearbox its advised to change within 15-18k km intervals.

[ThushanthaSrimal]

5 minutes ago, PerfMad said:

Honda city gearbox prone to fail prematurely if not maintained properly. If possible try changing the oil first. If this comes with a cvt gearbox its advised to change within 15-18k km intervals.

No this is not cvt.....

[ThushanthaSrimal]

21 minutes ago, wolseley said:

It is due to hardening of oil seals in the box. No need to replace the box. Get the seals replaced.

As you mentioned there is a small oil leak from the gear box.

One place was repaired, a sensor oil leak on top side of the gear box. Mechanic couldnt find the exact oil packing and he made a packing from a packing material and placed it. Is this ok or bad?

[ThushanthaSrimal]

Guys the issue was low oil level.

I didnt know that the oil level should be checked when the engine is on.

Issue was not there yesterday. Need to check today also...