On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Chevrolet Bolt . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed 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 Chevrolet Bolt.
Gearbox leak on Chevrolet Bolt, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Chevrolet Bolt. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible sources 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 Bolt?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Chevrolet Bolt, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 Chevrolet Bolt, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole 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 Chevrolet Bolt?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Chevrolet Bolt , nevertheless 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 task, please examine our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Chevrolet Bolt gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Chevrolet Bolt. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and based 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.
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