Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Picanto 3 . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Kia Picanto 3.
Gearbox leak on Kia Picanto 3, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in truth originating from the gearbox of your Kia Picanto 3. 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 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 the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Kia Picanto 3?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Picanto 3, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, 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 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 Picanto 3, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- At last, 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 Picanto 3?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Picanto 3 , nevertheless 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 action, please go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Kia Picanto 3 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Kia Picanto 3. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change 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 also 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.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Kia Picanto 3, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Picanto 3 category.
