Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat Scudo . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Fiat Scudo.
Gearbox leak on Fiat Scudo, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact originating from the gearbox of your Fiat Scudo. To accomplish 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 sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just 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 fix a gearbox leak on Fiat Scudo?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat Scudo, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might 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 technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve 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 Scudo, otherwise 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 only 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 Scudo?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat Scudo , 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 manipulation, please browse our content 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 locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Fiat Scudo gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Fiat Scudo. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete 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 part will also have a different price, however, 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.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Fiat Scudo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Scudo category.
