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 fact, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mini Countryman 2 . Today, 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 Mini Countryman 2.
Gearbox leak on Mini Countryman 2, 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 Mini Countryman 2. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Mini Countryman 2?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mini Countryman 2, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise 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 determine the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Mini Countryman 2, otherwise you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Mini Countryman 2?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mini Countryman 2 , 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 action, please go through our content 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 find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Mini Countryman 2 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Mini Countryman 2. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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