Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In truth, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mercedes Benz CLS Class . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Mercedes Benz CLS Class.
Gearbox leak on Mercedes Benz CLS Class, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact originating from the gearbox of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class. To get this done, 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present 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 Mercedes Benz CLS Class?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mercedes Benz CLS Class, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto 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 auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class, 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 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 Mercedes Benz CLS Class?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mercedes Benz CLS Class , 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 browse our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Mercedes Benz CLS Class gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Mercedes Benz CLS Class. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based 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.
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