On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Jeep Gladiator . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 Jeep Gladiator.
Gearbox leak on Jeep Gladiator, source and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Jeep Gladiator. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once confirmed, here are the possible origins 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 case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Jeep Gladiator?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Jeep Gladiator, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify 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 change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Jeep Gladiator, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Jeep Gladiator?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Jeep Gladiator , 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 browse our article on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Jeep Gladiator gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Jeep Gladiator. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard 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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