In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Peugeot 2008 . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Peugeot 2008.
Gearbox leak on Peugeot 2008, source and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Peugeot 2008. To get this done, 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 affirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly 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 Peugeot 2008?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Peugeot 2008, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage 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 Peugeot 2008, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole 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 Peugeot 2008?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Peugeot 2008 , 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 task, please examine our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 Peugeot 2008 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Peugeot 2008. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending 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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