Hi, my car is a Toyota Corolla GLS, VVTi , 1.4, year 2000. After noticing oil on the gearbox casing, I checked the gearbox oil level and it was lower than the filling plug. Topped it up with approx quarter of a litre. At the time I thought it was the drain plug washer, so replaced it. Recently checked again, same amount down. This time I suspect the drive shaft oil seal. Any rough estimate of how much this might cost to replace. North London. Thanks for any feedback. Paul.
Losing gearbox oil
Mar 22, 2010
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drive shaft seal about 5 to 10 pounds plus labour about 60 to 100
Interesting pricing.
It depends how much the garage charge for labour and which seal it is etc. I was allowing for an hour labour in an average sort of London area garage. In fact that may be a bit on the cheap side, since a quick check on auto data shows that the book time is 1.5 or 2 hours depending on manual or auto. So a revised estimate is 90 - 200 plus the seal. or more if it is both sides. That is assuming that it is the drive shaft seal !!
It's a manual transmission. And yes, IF it is the drive shaft seal. The leak is close to the seal but it could be a failing gasket perhaps? I'll keep a close watch on it.
gearboxes are usually glued together and don't tend to have gaskets in the middle, sometimes at the outer end.
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