Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Forte . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Kia Forte.
Gearbox leak on Kia Forte, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Kia Forte. To achieve 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 verified, here are the possible roots 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 case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Kia Forte?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Forte, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Kia Forte, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Kia Forte?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Forte , however 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 action, please browse our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Kia Forte gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Kia Forte. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage 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.
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