On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford C Max . In this article, 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 tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Ford C Max.

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Gearbox leak on Ford C Max, source and symptom

If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact coming from the gearbox of your Ford C Max. To achieve this, 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 validated, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly 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 Ford C Max?

After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford C Max, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source 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 distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
  • If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ford C Max, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
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  • 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 Ford C Max?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford C Max , 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 read 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 locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Ford C Max gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ford C Max. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult 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, however, 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.

To find more tips on the Ford C Max, take a look at the Ford C Max category.