On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Audi S5 . In this article, 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, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Audi S5.
Gearbox leak on Audi S5, source and manifestation
If you have detected 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 S5. To achieve this, 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 verified, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Audi S5?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Audi S5, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Realize that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Audi S5, otherwise you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
- Finally, 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 S5?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Audi S5 , nevertheless here are the three most effective:
- Frequent 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 read our article 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 discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Audi S5 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Audi S5. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite 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.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Audi S5, do not hesitate to consult our Audi S5 category.
