Gearbox has three hairline cracks(probably)

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Cutac
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Gearbox has three hairline cracks(probably)

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Hello,

this is a gearbox off a 2006 c4 VTS with 100 thousand kilometers. I've been fiddling around an intake air resonator and saw this. Under the fingernail they are barely felt and doesn't feel like anything is cracked.
Any suggestions? Leave it like this or cover it with some epoxy?
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Re: Gearbox has three hairline cracks(probably)

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Those don't look like cracks to me, more like some ridges left by matching depressions in the die that the gearbox casing was cast in. Are they proud of the surface? If they are then ignore them.
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Re: Gearbox has three hairline cracks(probably)

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Yes, they are.
Thanks for putting my mind at ease :) :)
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Re: Gearbox has three hairline cracks(probably)

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Looks like the housing for the clutch, so less critical.
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Re: Gearbox has three hairline cracks(probably)

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That's true, but if it is a crack, it could spread.
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