On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In truth, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Golf 8 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf 8.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf 8, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Volkswagen Golf 8. To achieve this, 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 established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf 8?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Golf 8, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to determine 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 and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the auto mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 8, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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 Volkswagen Golf 8?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Golf 8 , 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 browse our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular 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 8 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf 8. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard 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 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.
If you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Golf 8, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Golf 8 category.
