In this article we will try to help you solve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Cee D . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Kia Cee D.
Gearbox leak on Kia Cee D, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Kia Cee D. 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 based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Kia Cee D?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Cee D, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the 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 technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Kia Cee D, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- At last, 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 Kia Cee D?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Cee D , 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 examine our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service 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 Kia Cee D gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Kia Cee D. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Kia Cee D, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Cee D category.
