On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford F 150  . In this article, 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 Ford F 150 .

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Gearbox leak on Ford F 150 , origin and manifestation

If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed coming from the gearbox of your Ford F 150 . To do this, you will need to go under your car 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 roots of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly 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 F 150 ?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford F 150 , we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that whatever the case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to distinguish the leak, the technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require 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 F 150 , in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
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  • Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 F 150 ?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford F 150  , 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 go through our content page on this subject.
  • Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Ford F 150  gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Ford F 150 . As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.

To find more tips on the Ford F 150 , take a look at the Ford F 150  category.