On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Lincoln MKS . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Lincoln MKS.
Gearbox leak on Lincoln MKS, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Lincoln MKS. To do this, 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 validated, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Lincoln MKS?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Lincoln MKS, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify 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 area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve 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 Lincoln MKS, 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 just 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 Lincoln MKS?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Lincoln MKS , however 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 examine our article 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 locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Lincoln MKS gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Lincoln MKS. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component will also 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.
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