In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Renault Zoe . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Renault Zoe.
Gearbox leak on Renault Zoe, origin and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact coming from the gearbox of your Renault Zoe. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible roots 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 case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Renault Zoe?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Renault Zoe, we will try to show you to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Realize that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case 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 distinguish the leak, the auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Renault Zoe, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Zoe?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Renault Zoe , 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 matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service 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 Zoe gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Renault Zoe. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area 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 Zoe, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Zoe category.
