Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford Explorer . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Ford Explorer.
Gearbox leak on Ford Explorer, source and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is indeed coming from the gearbox of your Ford Explorer. To accomplish 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly 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 repair a gearbox leak on Ford Explorer?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford Explorer, we will try to show you to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ford Explorer, 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 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 Ford Explorer?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford Explorer , 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 article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ford Explorer gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Ford Explorer. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and depending 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 wish more guides on the Ford Explorer, go to our Ford Explorer category.
