Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Opel Agila . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Opel Agila.
Gearbox leak on Opel Agila, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Opel Agila. 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 affirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped 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 Opel Agila?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Opel Agila, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, 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 technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve 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 Opel Agila, 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 Opel Agila?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Opel Agila , 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 browse our content page 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 Opel Agila gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Opel Agila. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite 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.
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