Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Dacia Sandero . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 Dacia Sandero.
Gearbox leak on Dacia Sandero, source and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact originating from the gearbox of your Dacia Sandero. 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 verified, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Dacia Sandero?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Dacia Sandero, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having founded 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 damaged. 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 technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Dacia Sandero, in any other case you’ll have to change 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 Dacia Sandero?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Dacia Sandero , 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 go through our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service 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 Sandero gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Dacia Sandero. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Dacia Sandero, do not hesitate to consult our Dacia Sandero category.
