In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In fact, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Golf 4 . Today, we’re going to help you verify 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 indication of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf 4.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf 4, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed caused by the gearbox of your Volkswagen Golf 4. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car 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 roots 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 damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf 4?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Golf 4, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volkswagen Golf 4, 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 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 Volkswagen Golf 4?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Golf 4 , nevertheless 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 examine our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volkswagen Golf 4 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf 4. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the part will also 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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