Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In reality, finding a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mazda CX 5 . 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 Mazda CX 5.
Gearbox leak on Mazda CX 5, origin and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Mazda CX 5. To accomplish 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 affirmed, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Mazda CX 5?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mazda CX 5, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage area 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 change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Mazda CX 5, 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 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 5?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mazda CX 5 , 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 read our article on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Mazda CX 5 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Mazda CX 5. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Mazda CX 5, do not hesitate to consult our Mazda CX 5 category.
