On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Sedona . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Kia Sedona.
Gearbox leak on Kia Sedona, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Kia Sedona. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Kia Sedona?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Sedona, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. 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 mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require 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 Sedona, 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 just 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 Sedona?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Sedona , 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 read our article on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Kia Sedona gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Kia Sedona. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary quite 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.
To find more tips on the Kia Sedona, take a look at the Kia Sedona category.
