Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Megane 2 . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact 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 Megane 2.
Gearbox leak on Renault Megane 2, source and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Renault Megane 2. 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 caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only 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 Megane 2?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Megane 2, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish 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 distinguish 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 Megane 2, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole 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 Megane 2?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Megane 2 , 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 manipulation, please browse our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Megane 2 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Renault Megane 2. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change 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, 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.
To get more tips on the Renault Megane 2, take a look at the Renault Megane 2 category.
