On this page we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In truth, spotting a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Passat 8 . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Passat 8.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Passat 8, source and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Volkswagen Passat 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 caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present 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 Passat 8?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Passat 8, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source 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 identify the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle 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 Passat 8, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
- At last, 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 Passat 8?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Passat 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 read our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volkswagen Passat 8 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Volkswagen Passat 8. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Passat 8, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Passat 8 category.
