Today we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Passat . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 .
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Passat , origin and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your Volkswagen Passat . To do 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 validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Passat ?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Passat , we will try to show you to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may 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 change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volkswagen Passat , otherwise 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 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 ?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Passat , 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 browse our content on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volkswagen Passat gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volkswagen Passat . As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and depending 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.
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