In this article we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Audi Rs4 . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Audi Rs4.
Gearbox leak on Audi Rs4, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Audi Rs4. To get this done, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Audi Rs4?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Audi Rs4, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. 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 take apart your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Audi Rs4, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only effective 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 Rs4?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Audi Rs4 , however 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 action, please browse our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Audi Rs4 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Audi Rs4. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky 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 as well have a different price, however, 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 Rs4, go to our Audi Rs4 category.
