On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ram ProMaster City . 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 tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Ram ProMaster City.
Gearbox leak on Ram ProMaster City, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact originating from the gearbox of your Ram ProMaster City. 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 originating 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 Ram ProMaster City?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ram ProMaster City, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area 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 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 ProMaster City, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 ProMaster City?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ram ProMaster City , 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 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 Ram ProMaster City gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ram ProMaster City. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area 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.
To discover more tips on the Ram ProMaster City, take a look at the Ram ProMaster City category.
