Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat Bravo . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Fiat Bravo.
Gearbox leak on Fiat Bravo, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Fiat Bravo. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present 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 Bravo?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat Bravo, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. 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 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 technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Fiat Bravo, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- 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 Fiat Bravo?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat Bravo , 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 browse our article on this subject matter.
- Use a particular 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 Fiat Bravo gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Fiat Bravo. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard 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 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Fiat Bravo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Bravo category.
