On this page we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford Puma . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure 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 Puma.
Gearbox leak on Ford Puma, source and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Ford Puma. 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 coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, 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 broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Ford Puma?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford Puma, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify 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 change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ford Puma, otherwise you’ll have to replace 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 Puma?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford Puma , 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 manipulation, please examine 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 discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ford Puma gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ford Puma. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the component will also have a different price, however, 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 have any additional questions about the Ford Puma, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Puma category.
