Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Opel Corsa . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Opel Corsa.

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Gearbox leak on Opel Corsa, source and manifestation

If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your Opel Corsa. 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 origins of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly 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 repair a gearbox leak on Opel Corsa?

After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Opel Corsa, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably broken. 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 technician 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 technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Opel Corsa, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
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  • 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 Opel Corsa?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Opel Corsa , 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 go through our content page on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Opel Corsa gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Opel Corsa. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic 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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