Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen ID.3 . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 ID.3.

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Gearbox leak on Volkswagen ID.3, source and symptom

If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Volkswagen ID.3. 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 confirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to repair a gearbox leak on Volkswagen ID.3?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen ID.3, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having identified 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 broken. 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 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 mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volkswagen ID.3, in any other case 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 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 ID.3?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen ID.3 , however here are the three most effective:

  • Frequent oil changes on your gearbox deck.
  • Drain your gearbox and put new oil in it. If you want to know everything about this task, please browse our article on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service 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 ID.3 gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen ID.3. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based 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 further questions about the Volkswagen ID.3, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen ID.3 category.