Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Obviously, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Lincoln MKZ . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 MKZ.

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Gearbox leak on Lincoln MKZ, origin and manifestation

If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Lincoln MKZ. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 roots 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 broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to repair a gearbox leak on Lincoln MKZ?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Lincoln MKZ, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, 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 mechanic 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 mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Lincoln MKZ, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
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  • Finally, 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 Lincoln MKZ?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Lincoln MKZ , 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 task, please examine our content on this subject matter.
  • Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Lincoln MKZ gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Lincoln MKZ. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace 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, 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.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Lincoln MKZ, do not hesitate to consult our Lincoln MKZ category.