On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mercedes Classe C . 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 Mercedes Classe C.

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Gearbox leak on Mercedes Classe C, origin and manifestation

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Mercedes Classe C. 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 validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
  • One of your seals damaged

How to repair a gearbox leak on Mercedes Classe C?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mercedes Classe C, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to distinguish the leak, the technician 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 technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Mercedes Classe C, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
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  • 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 C?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mercedes Classe C , however here are the three most effective:

  • Regular 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 examine our article on this subject.
  • Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Mercedes Classe C gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Mercedes Classe C. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite 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.

To get more tips on the Mercedes Classe C, take a look at the Mercedes Classe C category.