On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford Expedition . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s obviously 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 Expedition.

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Gearbox leak on Ford Expedition, source and symptom

If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously caused by the gearbox of your Ford Expedition. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible origins 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 damaged
  • One of your seals damaged

How to fix a gearbox leak on Ford Expedition?

After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford Expedition, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to distinguish the leak, the technician 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 technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ford Expedition, otherwise you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
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  • 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 Ford Expedition?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford Expedition , nevertheless 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 task, please go through our article on this subject matter.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Ford Expedition gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Ford Expedition. 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 based on the garage area 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.

If you want more guides on the Ford Expedition, go to our Ford Expedition category.