In this article we will try to help you fix a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your BMW X6 . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a BMW X6.
Gearbox leak on BMW X6, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your BMW X6. To accomplish 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 confirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just 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 BMW X6?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your BMW X6, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage area 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 require 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 X6, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 X6?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your BMW X6 , 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 task, 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 slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a BMW X6 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a BMW X6. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the BMW X6, do not hesitate to consult our BMW X6 category.
