In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ford Transit . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Ford Transit.
Gearbox leak on Ford Transit, origin and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Ford Transit. To do this, 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 verified, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Ford Transit?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ford Transit, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may 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 mechanic 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ford Transit, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- 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 Transit?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ford Transit , nevertheless 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 task, please read our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ford Transit gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ford Transit. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Ford Transit, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Transit category.
