Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Scion xB . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual 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 Scion xB.
Gearbox leak on Scion xB, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Scion xB. To accomplish 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 validated, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present 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 Scion xB?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Scion xB, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Scion xB, 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 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 Scion xB?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Scion xB , 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 go through our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 xB gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Scion xB. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the part will also 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 you wish more guides on the Scion xB, go to our Scion xB category.
