On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In reality, spotting a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mazda CX 30 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Mazda CX 30.
Gearbox leak on Mazda CX 30, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Mazda CX 30. To do 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 the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Mazda CX 30?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mazda CX 30, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the mechanic 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 replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Mazda CX 30, in any other case 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 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 Mazda CX 30?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mazda CX 30 , 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 action, please read our content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Mazda CX 30 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Mazda CX 30. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite 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.
To find more tips on the Mazda CX 30, take a look at the Mazda CX 30 category.
