Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be annoying, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In truth, distinguishing a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Acura TSX . Today, 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 Acura TSX.
Gearbox leak on Acura TSX, 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 Acura TSX. To get this done, 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 sources 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 repair a gearbox leak on Acura TSX?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Acura TSX, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might 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 technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Acura TSX, in any other case you’ll have to replace 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 TSX?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Acura TSX , 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 manipulation, please examine our content 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 Acura TSX gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Acura TSX. As you have realized, gearbox problems 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 also 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 TSX, do not hesitate to consult our Acura TSX category.
