In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ds Ds 5 . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Ds Ds 5.
Gearbox leak on Ds Ds 5, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in truth coming from the gearbox of your Ds Ds 5. To get this done, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present 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 Ds Ds 5?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ds Ds 5, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area 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 garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ds Ds 5, 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
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Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ds Ds 5?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ds Ds 5 , 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 task, please read our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ds Ds 5 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ds Ds 5. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Ds Ds 5, do not hesitate to consult our Ds Ds 5 category.
