Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat 500 X . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 Fiat 500 X.
Gearbox leak on Fiat 500 X, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your Fiat 500 X. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly 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 Fiat 500 X?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat 500 X, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, 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 take apart your gearbox, which will require 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 Fiat 500 X, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- At last, 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 Fiat 500 X?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat 500 X , nevertheless 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 particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Fiat 500 X gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Fiat 500 X. 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 part will also 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.
If you need more guides on the Fiat 500 X, go to our Fiat 500 X category.
