Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Obviously, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Subaru Crosstrek . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Subaru Crosstrek.
Gearbox leak on Subaru Crosstrek, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Subaru Crosstrek. To achieve 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 validated, here are the possible sources 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 the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Subaru Crosstrek?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Subaru Crosstrek, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. 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 mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Subaru Crosstrek, 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 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 Subaru Crosstrek?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Subaru Crosstrek , nevertheless 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 browse our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Subaru Crosstrek gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Subaru Crosstrek. 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 based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part will also have a different price, nevertheless, 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 have any further questions about the Subaru Crosstrek, do not hesitate to consult our Subaru Crosstrek category.
