On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat Fullback . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Fiat Fullback.
Gearbox leak on Fiat Fullback, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Fiat Fullback. 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 established, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped 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 Fiat Fullback?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat Fullback, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the auto 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 auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Fiat Fullback, 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 Fullback?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat Fullback , 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 article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 Fiat Fullback gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Fiat Fullback. 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 garage the labour can vary quite a lot and based 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 Fullback, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Fullback category.
