On this page we will try to help you solve a problem that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford S-max . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Ford S-max.
Gearbox leak on Ford S-max, origin and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Ford S-max. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating 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 incorrectly 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 fix a gearbox leak on Ford S-max?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford S-max, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the mechanic 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 mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ford S-max, 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 S-max?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford S-max , 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 go through our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ford S-max gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Ford S-max. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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