On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be irritating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Suzuki Alto . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Suzuki Alto.
Gearbox leak on Suzuki Alto, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Suzuki Alto. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from 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: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Suzuki Alto?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Suzuki Alto, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve 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 Suzuki Alto, in any other case 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 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 Suzuki Alto?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Suzuki Alto , 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 go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Suzuki Alto gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Suzuki Alto. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole 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 also have a different price, nevertheless, 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 further questions about the Suzuki Alto, do not hesitate to consult our Suzuki Alto category.
