Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Peugeot 207 . Today, 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, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Peugeot 207.
Gearbox leak on Peugeot 207, source and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth coming from the gearbox of your Peugeot 207. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present 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 Peugeot 207?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Peugeot 207, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the mechanic 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Peugeot 207, 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 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 Peugeot 207?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Peugeot 207 , 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 action, please examine 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 moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Peugeot 207 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Peugeot 207. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you want more guides on the Peugeot 207, go to our Peugeot 207 category.
