In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In reality, finding a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Golf . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf, origin and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed caused by the gearbox of your Volkswagen Golf. To do 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 verified, here are the possible roots 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 the event it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Golf?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Golf, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to determine the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may 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 mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volkswagen Golf, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Golf , 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 read our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volkswagen Golf gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Golf. 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 based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
To find more tips on the Volkswagen Golf, take a look at the Volkswagen Golf category.
