On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Jaguar XE . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 Jaguar XE.
Gearbox leak on Jaguar XE, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed caused by the gearbox of your Jaguar XE. To achieve 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 established, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Jaguar XE?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Jaguar XE, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish 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 distinguish the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Jaguar XE, 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 only 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 Jaguar XE?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Jaguar XE , 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 manipulation, 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 moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Jaguar XE gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Jaguar XE. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you need more guides on the Jaguar XE, go to our Jaguar XE category.
