In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Honda CR V . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair 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 Honda CR V.

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Gearbox leak on Honda CR V, source and symptom

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed coming from the gearbox of your Honda CR V. To get this done, 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 validated, here are the possible sources 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 the event that it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to fix a gearbox leak on Honda CR V?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Honda CR V, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Be aware that in any case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise 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 auto 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 auto technician will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Honda CR V, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
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  • 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 Honda CR V?

There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Honda CR V , 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 task, please go through our article on this subject matter.
  • Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Honda CR V gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Honda CR V. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based 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.

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