In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your volvo v90 . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in truth 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 volvo v90.
Gearbox leak on volvo v90, origin and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in truth caused by the gearbox of your volvo v90. To do 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 wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on volvo v90?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your volvo v90, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, 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 necessitate 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 volvo v90, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, 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 volvo v90?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your volvo v90 , 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 manipulation, please browse our content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a volvo v90 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a volvo v90. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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