Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In fact, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Multivan . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Multivan.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Multivan, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Volkswagen Multivan. 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 verified, here are the possible origins 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 damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Multivan?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Multivan, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having determined 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 damaged. Nevertheless, 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 dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 Multivan, 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 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 Multivan?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Multivan , 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 action, 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 enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volkswagen Multivan gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Multivan. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete 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 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.
To find more tips on the Volkswagen Multivan, take a look at the Volkswagen Multivan category.
