Today we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In reality, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen Xantia . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Citroen Xantia.
Gearbox leak on Citroen Xantia, origin and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Citroen Xantia. 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 coming from 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: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Citroen Xantia?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen Xantia, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, 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 might 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 mechanic 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 mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Citroen Xantia, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- At last, 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
.
.
Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen Xantia?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen Xantia , 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 go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
.
Price of a Citroen Xantia gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Citroen Xantia. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
To find more tips on the Citroen Xantia, take a look at the Citroen Xantia category.
