On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Surely, spotting a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford Ka . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact 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 Ka.
Gearbox leak on Ford Ka, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Ford Ka. 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 verified, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Ford Ka?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford Ka, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage 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 necessitate 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 Ka, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- Finally, 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 Ka?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford Ka , 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 manipulation, please go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ford Ka gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ford Ka. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the part will also 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.
If you have any additional questions about the Ford Ka, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Ka category.
