In this article we will try to help you fix a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Lancia Ypsilon . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Lancia Ypsilon.
Gearbox leak on Lancia Ypsilon, source and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Lancia Ypsilon. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once confirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped 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 Lancia Ypsilon?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Lancia Ypsilon, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify 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 Lancia Ypsilon, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole 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 Lancia Ypsilon?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Lancia Ypsilon , however 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 go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Lancia Ypsilon gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Lancia Ypsilon. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will as well have a different price, however, 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 perhaps you have any additional questions about the Lancia Ypsilon, do not hesitate to consult our Lancia Ypsilon category.
