On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Vauxkhall Moka . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Vauxkhall Moka.

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Gearbox leak on Vauxkhall Moka, origin and symptom

If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed caused by the gearbox of your Vauxkhall Moka. 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 caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
  • One of your seals damaged

How to fix a gearbox leak on Vauxkhall Moka?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Vauxkhall Moka, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage 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 Vauxkhall Moka, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
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  • At last, 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 Vauxkhall Moka?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Vauxkhall Moka , 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 read our content page 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 Vauxkhall Moka gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Vauxkhall Moka. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will as well 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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