Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Peugeot 807 . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 807.
Gearbox leak on Peugeot 807, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Peugeot 807. 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 coming from 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 case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Peugeot 807?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Peugeot 807, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise 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 identify the leak, the auto 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 auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Peugeot 807, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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 Peugeot 807?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Peugeot 807 , 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 on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Peugeot 807 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Peugeot 807. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending 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.
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