In this article we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your volvo xc70 . 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 indication of the price of the gearbox of a volvo xc70.
Gearbox leak on volvo xc70, origin and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your volvo xc70. To get this done, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just 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 xc70?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your volvo xc70, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin 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 distinguish the leak, the mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve 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 xc70, 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 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 xc70?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your volvo xc70 , 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 action, please browse our content on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a volvo xc70 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a volvo xc70. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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