Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Grand Scenic 4 . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in 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 indication of the price of the gearbox of a Renault Grand Scenic 4.
Gearbox leak on Renault Grand Scenic 4, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Renault Grand Scenic 4. 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 affirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly 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 Grand Scenic 4?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Grand Scenic 4, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having identified 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 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 replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Grand Scenic 4, 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 only powerful 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 Grand Scenic 4?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Grand Scenic 4 , 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 browse our content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Grand Scenic 4 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Grand Scenic 4. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will also have a different price, however, 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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