In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Indeed, distinguishing a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Honda Civic . Today, 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, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Honda Civic.

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Gearbox leak on Honda Civic, origin and symptom

If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is indeed based on the gearbox of your Honda Civic. 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 validated, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Only equipped 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 Honda Civic?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Honda Civic, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to distinguish the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to distinguish the leak, the mechanic will have to take apart 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 Honda Civic, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
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  • 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

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Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Honda Civic?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Honda Civic , however 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 browse our article on this subject matter.
  • Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Honda Civic gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Honda Civic. As you have realized, 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 mechanic the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the part will as well have a different price, however, 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.

If you need more tutorials on the Honda Civic, go to our Honda Civic category.