Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Chrysler 300 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify 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 Chrysler 300.
Gearbox leak on Chrysler 300, source and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Chrysler 300. To do 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 validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Chrysler 300?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Chrysler 300, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Chrysler 300, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Chrysler 300?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Chrysler 300 , nevertheless 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 article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Chrysler 300 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Chrysler 300. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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