On this page we will try to help you fix a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Cadillac CTS . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Cadillac CTS.

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Gearbox leak on Cadillac CTS, origin and manifestation

If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your Cadillac CTS. To accomplish this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 roots of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just equipped 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 Cadillac CTS?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Cadillac CTS, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may 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 distinguish the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require a high labour cost.
  • If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Cadillac CTS, otherwise you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
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  • At last, 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 Cadillac CTS?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac CTS , 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 read our content on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Cadillac CTS gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Cadillac CTS. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite 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.

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