In this article we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Clio 2 . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Renault Clio 2.
Gearbox leak on Renault Clio 2, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Renault Clio 2. 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just 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 Renault Clio 2?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Clio 2, we will try to explain to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Clio 2, 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 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 Renault Clio 2?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Clio 2 , 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 task, please go through our article on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Clio 2 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Clio 2. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part will as well 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.
If you want more guides on the Renault Clio 2, go to our Renault Clio 2 category.
