In this article we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Cadillac ATS . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in actual fact 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 Cadillac ATS.
Gearbox leak on Cadillac ATS, origin and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Cadillac ATS. 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 coming from 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 equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Cadillac ATS?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Cadillac ATS, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the technician 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 technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Cadillac ATS, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Cadillac ATS?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac ATS , nevertheless 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 task, please go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 Cadillac ATS gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Cadillac ATS. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Cadillac ATS, do not hesitate to consult our Cadillac ATS category.
