Today we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Indeed, spotting a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Passat 7 . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 Passat 7.

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Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Passat 7, origin and manifestation

If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your Volkswagen Passat 7. To accomplish 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 confirmed, here are the possible roots 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 that it is cracked or damaged
  • One of your seals damaged

How to fix a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Passat 7?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Passat 7, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic 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 mechanic 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 involve 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 Passat 7, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
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  • 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 Passat 7?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Passat 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 task, please go through our article on this subject matter.
  • Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Volkswagen Passat 7 gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Passat 7. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete 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 need more guides on the Volkswagen Passat 7, go to our Volkswagen Passat 7 category.