On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Obviously, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volkswagen Routan . Today, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Routan.
Gearbox leak on Volkswagen Routan, source and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Volkswagen Routan. To accomplish 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 established, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Volkswagen Routan?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volkswagen Routan, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage 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 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 Routan, 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 Routan?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volkswagen Routan , 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 task, please go through our article on this subject.
- Use a specific 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 Routan gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Volkswagen Routan. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard 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 also 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.
If you wish more guides on the Volkswagen Routan, go to our Volkswagen Routan category.
