Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken 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 Opel Zafira . In this article, 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, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Opel Zafira.
Gearbox leak on Opel Zafira, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Opel Zafira. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible sources 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 damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Opel Zafira?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Opel Zafira, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that whatever the case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source 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 determine the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Opel Zafira, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Zafira?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Opel Zafira , nevertheless here are the three most effective:
- Frequent 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 browse our content on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Opel Zafira gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Opel Zafira. As you have understood, gearbox problems often 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 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.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Opel Zafira, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Zafira category.
