On this page we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat Punto . Today, 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 suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Fiat Punto.
Gearbox leak on Fiat Punto, origin and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth originating from the gearbox of your Fiat Punto. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating 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 improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Fiat Punto?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat Punto, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that whatever the case, 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 broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine 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 Punto, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete 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 Punto?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat Punto , 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 action, please read our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Fiat Punto gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Fiat Punto. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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