On this page we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Tesla Model X . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Tesla Model X.
Gearbox leak on Tesla Model X, source and manifestation
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Tesla Model X. 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 incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Tesla Model X?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Tesla Model X, we will try to show you to you what are your options to repair 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 broken. However, 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 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 replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Tesla Model X, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- 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 Tesla Model X?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Tesla Model X , nevertheless 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 task, please read our content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Tesla Model X gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Tesla Model X. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part will as well 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 need more guides on the Tesla Model X, go to our Tesla Model X category.
