Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be irritating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Surely, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Cadillac Escalade . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy 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 Cadillac Escalade.

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Gearbox leak on Cadillac Escalade, origin and manifestation

If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is indeed coming from the gearbox of your Cadillac Escalade. To accomplish this, 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 incorrectly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or damaged
  • One of your seals damaged

How to repair a gearbox leak on Cadillac Escalade?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Cadillac Escalade, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Bear in mind that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. 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 mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
  • If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Cadillac Escalade, in any other case 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 Escalade?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac Escalade , 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 manipulation, please read our article on this subject matter.
  • Use a specific 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 Escalade gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Cadillac Escalade. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky 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 component will as well 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.

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