In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mercedes Classe B . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Mercedes Classe B.
Gearbox leak on Mercedes Classe B, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Mercedes Classe B. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible origins 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 it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Mercedes Classe B?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mercedes Classe B, we will try to explain to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Realize that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact source 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 identify the leak, the auto mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 Mercedes Classe B, otherwise you’ll have to change the complete 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 Classe B?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mercedes Classe B , 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 content 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 find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Mercedes Classe B gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Mercedes Classe B. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component will also 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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