On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Dacia Dokker . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed 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 Dacia Dokker.
Gearbox leak on Dacia Dokker, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Dacia Dokker. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible roots 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 fix a gearbox leak on Dacia Dokker?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Dacia Dokker, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. 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 auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Dacia Dokker, otherwise 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
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Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Dacia Dokker?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Dacia Dokker , nevertheless 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 task, please examine our article on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Dacia Dokker gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Dacia Dokker. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Dacia Dokker, do not hesitate to consult our Dacia Dokker category.
