In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Fiat Stilo . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 Stilo.
Gearbox leak on Fiat Stilo, source and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Fiat Stilo. To achieve 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 established, here are the possible roots 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 case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Fiat Stilo?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Fiat Stilo, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact source 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 determine the leak, the auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Fiat Stilo, 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 just 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 Stilo?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Fiat Stilo , 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 task, please browse our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Fiat Stilo gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Fiat Stilo. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard 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, 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.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Fiat Stilo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Stilo category.
