In this article we will try to help you solve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In reality, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Chevrolet Equinox . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Chevrolet Equinox.
Gearbox leak on Chevrolet Equinox, source and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Chevrolet Equinox. To achieve 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Chevrolet Equinox?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Chevrolet Equinox, we will try to show you to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, 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 Equinox, otherwise 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 Chevrolet Equinox?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Chevrolet Equinox , 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 manipulation, please examine our content on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance 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 Chevrolet Equinox gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Chevrolet Equinox. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace 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 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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