In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Polo . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual 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 idea of the price of the gearbox of a Volkswagen Polo.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Polo, origin and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Volkswagen Polo. To get this done, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 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 broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Polo?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Polo, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volkswagen Polo, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole 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 Polo?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Polo , nevertheless 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 manipulation, please examine our article on this subject.
- Use a particular 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 Polo gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Volkswagen Polo. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and based on your engine the component will as well have a different price, nevertheless, 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.
To get more tips on the Volkswagen Polo, take a look at the Volkswagen Polo category.
