On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Espace . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 Espace.
Gearbox leak on Renault Espace, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact originating from the gearbox of your Renault Espace. 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 originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly 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 repair a gearbox leak on Renault Espace?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Espace, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source 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 auto 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 auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Espace, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete 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 Espace?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Espace , however 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 action, please go through our content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Espace gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Espace. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult 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, 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 perhaps you have any additional questions about the Renault Espace, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Espace category.
