In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In truth, spotting a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Peugeot 607 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Peugeot 607.
Gearbox leak on Peugeot 607, origin and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Peugeot 607. To get this done, 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 improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Peugeot 607?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Peugeot 607, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably broken. 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 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 replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Peugeot 607, otherwise 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 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 607?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Peugeot 607 , however 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 read our content on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Peugeot 607 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Peugeot 607. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary 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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