On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Bmw Serie 1 F20 . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Bmw Serie 1 F20.
Gearbox leak on Bmw Serie 1 F20, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your Bmw Serie 1 F20. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Bmw Serie 1 F20?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Bmw Serie 1 F20, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might 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 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 technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Bmw Serie 1 F20, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- At last, 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 Bmw Serie 1 F20?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Bmw Serie 1 F20 , 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 manipulation, please browse our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance 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 Serie 1 F20 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Bmw Serie 1 F20. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic 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 wish more guides on the Bmw Serie 1 F20, go to our Bmw Serie 1 F20 category.
