Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Chevrolet Avalanche . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Chevrolet Avalanche.
Gearbox leak on Chevrolet Avalanche, origin and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed caused by the gearbox of your Chevrolet Avalanche. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible origins 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 the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Chevrolet Avalanche?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Chevrolet Avalanche, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise 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 identify the leak, the 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Chevrolet Avalanche, 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 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 Chevrolet Avalanche?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Chevrolet Avalanche , 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 go through our article on this subject.
- Use a particular 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 Chevrolet Avalanche gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Chevrolet Avalanche. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based 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.
To find more tips on the Chevrolet Avalanche, take a look at the Chevrolet Avalanche category.
