On this page we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mercury Milan . Today, we’re going to help you confirm 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 Mercury Milan.
Gearbox leak on Mercury Milan, origin and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Mercury Milan. To do 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 established, here are the possible roots 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 broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Mercury Milan?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mercury Milan, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage 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 involve 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 Mercury Milan, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Mercury Milan?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mercury Milan , nevertheless 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 manipulation, please examine our content on this subject matter.
- 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 Mercury Milan gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Mercury Milan. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part will as well have a different price, nevertheless, we estimate that the repair, labour included will cost you between 800 and 2000 euros , knowing that the part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you wish more guides on the Mercury Milan, go to our Mercury Milan category.
