On this page we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In reality, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Ram ProMaster . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Ram ProMaster.
Gearbox leak on Ram ProMaster, source and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in truth originating from the gearbox of your Ram ProMaster. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from 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 present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Ram ProMaster?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Ram ProMaster, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to determine 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 determine the leak, the auto technician 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 technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Ram ProMaster, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- At last, 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?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Ram ProMaster , however 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 manipulation, please read our article on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Ram ProMaster gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Ram ProMaster. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky 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 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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