On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat Doblo . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Fiat Doblo.
Gearbox leak on Fiat Doblo, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Fiat Doblo. To do this, you will need to go under your car 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 wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Fiat Doblo?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat Doblo, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Fiat Doblo, in any other case 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 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 Fiat Doblo?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat Doblo , 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 read our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Fiat Doblo gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Fiat Doblo. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Fiat Doblo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Doblo category.
