In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Kia Stronic . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Kia Stronic.
Gearbox leak on Kia Stronic, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Kia Stronic. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming 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: Just present 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 Stronic?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Kia Stronic, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, 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 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 Stronic, in any other case you’ll have to change 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 Stronic?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Kia Stronic , 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 manipulation, please browse our content on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance 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 Stronic gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Kia Stronic. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change 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.
If you need more guides on the Kia Stronic, go to our Kia Stronic category.
