On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your volvo v40 . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a volvo v40.

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Gearbox leak on volvo v40, origin and manifestation

If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your volvo v40. 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 sources of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to repair a gearbox leak on volvo v40?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your volvo v40, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case 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 mechanic 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 mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your volvo v40, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
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  • Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 v40?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your volvo v40 , nevertheless 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 action, please examine our article on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a volvo v40 gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a volvo v40. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard 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, 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.

In the event that you have any further questions about the volvo v40, do not hesitate to consult our volvo v40 category.