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. In actual fact, spotting a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Hyundai Ioniq . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Hyundai Ioniq.
Gearbox leak on Hyundai Ioniq, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact originating from the gearbox of your Hyundai Ioniq. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car 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 sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Hyundai Ioniq?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Hyundai Ioniq, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will require 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 Hyundai Ioniq, in any other case 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 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 Ioniq?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Hyundai Ioniq , 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 task, please browse our article on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Hyundai Ioniq gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Hyundai Ioniq. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and based 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.
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