In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In reality, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Clio 3 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Renault Clio 3.
Gearbox leak on Renault Clio 3, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously coming from the gearbox of your Renault Clio 3. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, 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 that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Renault Clio 3?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Clio 3, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, 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 necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Clio 3, in any other case 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 3?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Clio 3 , 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 manipulation, please read our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Clio 3 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Clio 3. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary 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.
If you want more guides on the Renault Clio 3, go to our Renault Clio 3 category.
