Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Citroen Xsara . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Citroen Xsara.
Gearbox leak on Citroen Xsara, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in actual fact originating from the gearbox of your Citroen Xsara. To achieve this, 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 established, 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 broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Citroen Xsara?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Citroen Xsara, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source 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 determine 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 change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Citroen Xsara, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole 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
.
.
Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen Xsara?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Citroen Xsara , 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 manipulation, please read our content on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
.
Price of a Citroen Xsara gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Citroen Xsara. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard 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, 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Citroen Xsara, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Xsara category.
