On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In truth, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Land Rover Defender . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Land Rover Defender.
Gearbox leak on Land Rover Defender, source and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Land Rover Defender. To get this done, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped 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 Land Rover Defender?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Land Rover Defender, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic 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 mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Land Rover Defender, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only effective 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 Land Rover Defender?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Land Rover Defender , 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 task, please read our content page 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 Land Rover Defender gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Land Rover Defender. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component will as well have a different price, nevertheless, 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.
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