Today we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Jeep Liberty . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Jeep Liberty.
Gearbox leak on Jeep Liberty, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your Jeep Liberty. To get this done, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped 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 Liberty?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Jeep Liberty, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 Jeep Liberty, 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 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 Liberty?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Jeep Liberty , 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 task, please browse our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Jeep Liberty gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Jeep Liberty. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based 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.
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