In this article we will try to help you solve a issue that can be irritating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volvo S60 . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Volvo S60.
Gearbox leak on Volvo S60, source and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in fact coming from the gearbox of your Volvo S60. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible sources 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 case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Volvo S60?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volvo S60, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source 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 determine the leak, the technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volvo S60, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Volvo S60?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volvo S60 , 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 article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Volvo S60 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Volvo S60. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic 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.
If you wish more guides on the Volvo S60, go to our Volvo S60 category.
