On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Porsche 911 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Porsche 911.
Gearbox leak on Porsche 911, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Porsche 911. 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 confirmed, 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 damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Porsche 911?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Porsche 911, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin 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 auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 Porsche 911, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Porsche 911?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Porsche 911 , 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 task, please go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular 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 Porsche 911 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Porsche 911. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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