On this page we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Hyundai Bayon . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s indeed 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 Hyundai Bayon.
Gearbox leak on Hyundai Bayon, origin and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Hyundai Bayon. To achieve 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 confirmed, here are the possible origins 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 fix a gearbox leak on Hyundai Bayon?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Hyundai Bayon, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might 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 distinguish the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require 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 Hyundai Bayon, in any other case you’ll have to change 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 Hyundai Bayon?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Hyundai Bayon , 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 read our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Hyundai Bayon gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Hyundai Bayon. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change 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 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.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Hyundai Bayon, do not hesitate to consult our Hyundai Bayon category.
