On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In reality, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Cadillac XT5 . Today, 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 tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Cadillac XT5.
Gearbox leak on Cadillac XT5, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Cadillac XT5. To get this done, 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 established, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only 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 Cadillac XT5?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Cadillac XT5, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, 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 involve 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 XT5, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- At last, 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 XT5?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac XT5 , 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 action, please go through our article on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug slight leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Cadillac XT5 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Cadillac XT5. 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 area the labour can vary 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.
If you need more guides on the Cadillac XT5, go to our Cadillac XT5 category.
