In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Tesla Model Y . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact 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 Tesla Model Y.
Gearbox leak on Tesla Model Y, origin and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact originating from the gearbox of your Tesla Model Y. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only 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 Y?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Tesla Model Y, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably broken. 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 auto mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Tesla Model Y, 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 only 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 Tesla Model Y?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Tesla Model Y , 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 manipulation, please examine our content on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Tesla Model Y gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Tesla Model Y. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard 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.
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