Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Chevrolet Malibu . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in truth 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 Malibu.
Gearbox leak on Chevrolet Malibu, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth coming from the gearbox of your Chevrolet Malibu. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Chevrolet Malibu?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Chevrolet Malibu, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise 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 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 Malibu, 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 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 Malibu?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Chevrolet Malibu , 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 action, please read our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Chevrolet Malibu gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Chevrolet Malibu. 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 part will also 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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