On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Seat Tarraco . Today, we’re going to help you ensure 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, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Seat Tarraco.

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Gearbox leak on Seat Tarraco, origin and manifestation

If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Seat Tarraco. 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 confirmed, here are the possible sources 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 Tarraco?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Seat Tarraco, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. 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 technician will have to dismantle 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 Tarraco, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
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  • 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 Seat Tarraco?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Seat Tarraco , however here are the three most effective:

  • Regular 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 page on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 Tarraco gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Seat Tarraco. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based 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.

To get more tips on the Seat Tarraco, take a look at the Seat Tarraco category.