On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Sportage . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Kia Sportage.
Gearbox leak on Kia Sportage, source and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in fact originating from the gearbox of your Kia Sportage. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once confirmed, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Kia Sportage?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Sportage, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may 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 auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Kia Sportage, in any other case 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 Sportage?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Sportage , 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 content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Kia Sportage gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Kia Sportage. As you have understood, 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 get more tips on the Kia Sportage, take a look at the Kia Sportage category.
