On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen C15 . 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 tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Citroen C15.

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Gearbox leak on Citroen C15, origin and symptom

If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed coming from the gearbox of your Citroen C15. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 improperly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to repair a gearbox leak on Citroen C15?

After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen C15, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may 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 dismantle your gearbox, which will involve 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 Citroen C15, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
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  • 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 Citroen C15?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen C15 , 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 browse our content page on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service 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 Citroen C15 gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Citroen C15. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary quite 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.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Citroen C15, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C15 category.