On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be irritating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford F 450 . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Ford F 450.

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Gearbox leak on Ford F 450, source and manifestation

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is obviously caused by the gearbox of your Ford F 450. To get this done, 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 roots of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to fix a gearbox leak on Ford F 450?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford F 450, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. 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 auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve 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 Ford F 450, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
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  • Finally, 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 F 450?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford F 450 , 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 action, please browse our article on this subject.
  • Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Ford F 450 gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ford F 450. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult 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 part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.

If you need more tutorials on the Ford F 450, go to our Ford F 450 category.