On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Surely, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Dodge Dart . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Dodge Dart.

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Gearbox leak on Dodge Dart, origin and manifestation

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Dodge Dart. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
  • One of your seals damaged

How to fix a gearbox leak on Dodge Dart?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Dodge Dart, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to identify the leak, the auto mechanic will have to take apart 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 Dodge Dart, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
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  • Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Dodge Dart?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Dodge Dart , 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 manipulation, please examine our content page on this subject.
  • Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Dodge Dart gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Dodge Dart. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and based 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.

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