On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Toyota Auris . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Toyota Auris.
Gearbox leak on Toyota Auris, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Toyota Auris. To get this done, 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 affirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Toyota Auris?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Toyota Auris, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Realize that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might 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 take apart 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 Toyota Auris, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete 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 Toyota Auris?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Toyota Auris , 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 manipulation, please browse our article on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Toyota Auris gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Toyota Auris. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will also 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.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Toyota Auris, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Auris category.
