Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be irritating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Chevrolet HHR . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 HHR.
Gearbox leak on Chevrolet HHR, origin and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Chevrolet HHR. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car 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 sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly 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 HHR?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Chevrolet HHR, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto technician 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 technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Chevrolet HHR, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete 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 Chevrolet HHR?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Chevrolet HHR , 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 manipulation, please go through our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Chevrolet HHR gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Chevrolet HHR. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete 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, nevertheless, 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 further questions about the Chevrolet HHR, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet HHR category.
