On this page we will try to help you fix a problem that can be annoying, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Koleos . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Renault Koleos.
Gearbox leak on Renault Koleos, origin and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously caused by the gearbox of your Renault Koleos. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, 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 the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Renault Koleos?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Koleos, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, 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 technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will require 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 Koleos, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Koleos?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Koleos , nevertheless 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 task, please go through our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Koleos gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Koleos. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult 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 perhaps you have any additional questions about the Renault Koleos, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Koleos category.
