In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen C6 . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in 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 C6.
Gearbox leak on Citroen C6, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact coming from the gearbox of your Citroen C6. To accomplish 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 origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Citroen C6?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen C6, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Citroen C6, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- 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 C6?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen C6 , 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 read our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Citroen C6 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Citroen C6. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component will also 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.
To discover more tips on the Citroen C6, take a look at the Citroen C6 category.
