In this article we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen Berlingo 2 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Citroen Berlingo 2.
Gearbox leak on Citroen Berlingo 2, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Citroen Berlingo 2. 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 confirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Citroen Berlingo 2?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen Berlingo 2, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might 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 identify the leak, the auto mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Citroen Berlingo 2, 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 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 Citroen Berlingo 2?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen Berlingo 2 , 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 task, please go through our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 Citroen Berlingo 2 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Citroen Berlingo 2. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky 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 you wish more guides on the Citroen Berlingo 2, go to our Citroen Berlingo 2 category.
