In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Megane 4 . Today, we’re going to help you verify 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 Megane 4.
Gearbox leak on Renault Megane 4, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Renault Megane 4. To achieve this, 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly 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 4?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Megane 4, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise 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 technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve 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 Megane 4, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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 4?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Megane 4 , 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 examine 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 find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Renault Megane 4 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Renault Megane 4. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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