On this page we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Surely, distinguishing a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Honda Fit . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 Honda Fit.
Gearbox leak on Honda Fit, origin and symptom
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact coming from the gearbox of your Honda Fit. To do 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 improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Honda Fit?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Honda Fit, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the garage 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 require a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Honda Fit, otherwise you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Fit?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Honda Fit , 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 routine service 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 Honda Fit gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Honda Fit. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part 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 part alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Honda Fit, do not hesitate to consult our Honda Fit category.
