Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Acura TL . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 TL.
Gearbox leak on Acura TL, source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in fact caused by the gearbox of your Acura TL. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, 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 Acura TL?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Acura TL, we will try to explain to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area 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 involve 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 TL, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete 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 Acura TL?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Acura TL , however 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 manipulation, please browse our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Acura TL gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Acura TL. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part will also 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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