On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Cadillac XTS . In this article, we’re going to help you verify that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 XTS.
Gearbox leak on Cadillac XTS, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Cadillac XTS. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be based on 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 case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Cadillac XTS?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Cadillac XTS, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Take note that no matter the reason, 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 might be irreparably broken. 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 dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate 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 XTS, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- 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 XTS?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Cadillac XTS , 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 go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Cadillac XTS gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Cadillac XTS. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary 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 need more guides on the Cadillac XTS, go to our Cadillac XTS category.
