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. In reality, spotting a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Golf 7 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf 7.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf 7, source and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Volkswagen Golf 7. 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 based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf 7?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Golf 7, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine 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 determine 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 Volkswagen Golf 7, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole 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 7?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Golf 7 , 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 go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volkswagen Golf 7 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf 7. As you have realized, 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 area the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you need more guides on the Volkswagen Golf 7, go to our Volkswagen Golf 7 category.
