In this article we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen Jumper 2 . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 Jumper 2.
Gearbox leak on Citroen Jumper 2, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Citroen Jumper 2. 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 caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Citroen Jumper 2?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen Jumper 2, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Citroen Jumper 2, 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 effective 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 Jumper 2?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen Jumper 2 , 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 manipulation, please read our content page 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 locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Citroen Jumper 2 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Citroen Jumper 2. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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