In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen C4 Aircross . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in truth 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 Citroen C4 Aircross.
Gearbox leak on Citroen C4 Aircross, origin and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your Citroen C4 Aircross. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once confirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Citroen C4 Aircross?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen C4 Aircross, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic 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 involve 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 Citroen C4 Aircross, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete 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 C4 Aircross?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen C4 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 task, please go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular 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 Citroen C4 Aircross gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Citroen C4 Aircross. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic 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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