In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In reality, spotting a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your seat leon . 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 tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a seat leon.
Gearbox leak on seat leon, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your seat leon. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly 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 seat leon?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your seat leon, 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 founded a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the 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 technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your seat leon, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- At last, 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 seat leon?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your seat leon , 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 moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a seat leon gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a seat leon. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you have any additional questions about the seat leon, do not hesitate to consult our seat leon category.
