In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Scion tC . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Scion tC.
Gearbox leak on Scion tC, source and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Scion tC. To do this, you will need to go under your car 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 damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Scion tC?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Scion tC, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic 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 Scion tC, otherwise 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 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 Scion tC?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Scion tC , 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 read our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular 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 Scion tC gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Scion tC. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky 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 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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