Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen C5 . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Citroen C5.
Gearbox leak on Citroen C5, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Citroen C5. To get this done, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Citroen C5?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen C5, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, 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 Citroen C5, 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 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 C5?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen C5 , however 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 action, please browse our article on this subject matter.
- Use a specific 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 C5 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Citroen C5. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will as well have a different price, however, 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 C5, go to our Citroen C5 category.
