In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Espace 5 . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Renault Espace 5.
Gearbox leak on Renault Espace 5, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed coming from the gearbox of your Renault Espace 5. To do 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 confirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Renault Espace 5?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Espace 5, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Espace 5, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete 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 Renault Espace 5?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Espace 5 , 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 on this subject.
- Use a specific 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 Renault Espace 5 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Renault Espace 5. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component will also 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.
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