In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be irritating, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In fact, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Cadillac DTS . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Cadillac DTS.
Gearbox leak on Cadillac DTS, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth originating from the gearbox of your Cadillac DTS. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, 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 the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Cadillac DTS?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Cadillac DTS, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Realize that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Cadillac DTS, in any other case 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
.
.
Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac DTS?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac DTS , 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 action, please read our article on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
.
Price of a Cadillac DTS gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Cadillac DTS. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard 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.
If you want more guides on the Cadillac DTS, go to our Cadillac DTS category.
