In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Surely, spotting a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your BMW 2 Series . 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, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a BMW 2 Series.
Gearbox leak on BMW 2 Series, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your BMW 2 Series. 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 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 broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on BMW 2 Series?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your BMW 2 Series, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your BMW 2 Series, otherwise you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 BMW 2 Series?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your BMW 2 Series , however 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 examine our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a BMW 2 Series gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a BMW 2 Series. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will also have a different price, however, we estimate that the repair, labour included will cost you between 800 and 2000 euros , knowing that the component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you wish more tutorials on the BMW 2 Series, go to our BMW 2 Series category.
