Today we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Acura ILX . 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 suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Acura ILX.

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Gearbox leak on Acura ILX, source and manifestation

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your Acura ILX. 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 established, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:

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

How to repair a gearbox leak on Acura ILX?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Acura ILX, we will try to explain to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Be aware that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to identify the leak, the auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Acura ILX, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
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  • At last, 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 Acura ILX?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Acura ILX , nevertheless here are the three most effective:

  • Regular oil changes on your gearbox deck.
  • Drain your gearbox and put new oil in it. If you want to know everything about this task, please read our article on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service 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 Acura ILX gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Acura ILX. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.

If you have any additional questions about the Acura ILX, do not hesitate to consult our Acura ILX category.