In this article we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Vauxhall Corsa . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Vauxhall Corsa.

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Gearbox leak on Vauxhall Corsa, source and manifestation

If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Vauxhall Corsa. To get this done, 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 confirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to repair a gearbox leak on Vauxhall Corsa?

After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Vauxhall Corsa, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Realize that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source 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 technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 Vauxhall Corsa, otherwise you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
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  • At last, 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 Vauxhall Corsa?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Vauxhall Corsa , 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 action, please read our article on this subject matter.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Vauxhall Corsa gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Vauxhall Corsa. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based 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.

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