Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Volvo XC60 . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Volvo XC60.
Gearbox leak on Volvo XC60, source and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is obviously based on the gearbox of your Volvo XC60. To achieve 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 confirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped 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 XC60?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Volvo XC60, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine the leak, the auto 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 auto mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Volvo XC60, 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 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 XC60?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Volvo XC60 , 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 manipulation, please browse our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service 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 XC60 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Volvo XC60. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage area 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Volvo XC60, do not hesitate to consult our Volvo XC60 category.
