Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Audi A4 . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Audi A4.
Gearbox leak on Audi A4, origin and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Audi A4. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Audi A4?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Audi A4, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Audi A4, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only powerful in the case of small leaks, this kit is worth around 40 euros
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Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Audi A4?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Audi A4 , nevertheless here are the three most effective:
- Regular oil changes on your gearbox deck.
- Drain your gearbox and put new oil in it. If you want to know everything about this task, please go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Audi A4 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Audi A4. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the part will also have a different price, nevertheless, we estimate that the repair, labour included will cost you between 800 and 2000 euros , knowing that the part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you want more guides on the Audi A4, go to our Audi A4 category.
