Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your BMW X1 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a BMW X1.
Gearbox leak on BMW X1, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your BMW X1. To achieve 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on BMW X1?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your BMW X1, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the auto 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 auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your BMW X1, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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 X1?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your BMW X1 , 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 action, please read our content page on this subject.
- 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 BMW X1 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a BMW X1. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part will as well 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 BMW X1, do not hesitate to consult our BMW X1 category.
