In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Obviously, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ram P/U . 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, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Ram P/U.
Gearbox leak on Ram P/U, origin and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Ram P/U. To do this, 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 established, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Ram P/U?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ram P/U, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ram P/U, 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 Ram P/U?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ram P/U , nevertheless here are the three most effective:
- Regular 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 go through our content on this subject matter.
- Use a specific 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 Ram P/U gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ram P/U. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component will also 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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