Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mazda CX 9 . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure 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 9.
Gearbox leak on Mazda CX 9, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously caused by the gearbox of your Mazda CX 9. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Mazda CX 9?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mazda CX 9, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Mazda CX 9, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- At last, 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 Mazda CX 9?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mazda CX 9 , 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 action, please go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular 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 9 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Mazda CX 9. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky 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 also 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 Mazda CX 9, do not hesitate to consult our Mazda CX 9 category.
