Today we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Optima . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Kia Optima.
Gearbox leak on Kia Optima, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact originating from the gearbox of your Kia Optima. To do 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 validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Kia Optima?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Optima, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin 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 determine the leak, the auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve 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 Kia Optima, 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 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 Optima?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Optima , 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 action, please examine our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Kia Optima gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Kia Optima. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component will also 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.
If you have any further questions about the Kia Optima, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Optima category.
