Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Captur . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed 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 Renault Captur.
Gearbox leak on Renault Captur, origin and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Renault Captur. To achieve this, 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 validated, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly 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 fix a gearbox leak on Renault Captur?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Captur, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the mechanic 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Captur, 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 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 Renault Captur?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Captur , 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 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 moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Captur gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Captur. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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