In this article we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Jaguar F-Pace . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Jaguar F-Pace.
Gearbox leak on Jaguar F-Pace, origin and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in truth originating from the gearbox of your Jaguar F-Pace. To do 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 sources 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 damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Jaguar F-Pace?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Jaguar F-Pace, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, 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 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 Jaguar F-Pace, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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 Jaguar F-Pace?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Jaguar F-Pace , however 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 examine 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 Jaguar F-Pace gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Jaguar F-Pace. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite 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.
If you need more guides on the Jaguar F-Pace, go to our Jaguar F-Pace category.
