Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Surely, spotting a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen C3 Aircross . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 C3 Aircross.
Gearbox leak on Citroen C3 Aircross, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Citroen C3 Aircross. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible roots 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 case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Citroen C3 Aircross?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen C3 Aircross, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any 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. 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 technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Citroen C3 Aircross, otherwise 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 only 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 C3 Aircross?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen C3 Aircross , 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 browse our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Citroen C3 Aircross gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Citroen C3 Aircross. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change 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.
To get more tips on the Citroen C3 Aircross, take a look at the Citroen C3 Aircross category.
