On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be irritating, and if not managed in time become a financial drain. In reality, spotting a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Infiniti Q60 . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously 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 Infiniti Q60.
Gearbox leak on Infiniti Q60, source and manifestation
If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Infiniti Q60. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Infiniti Q60?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Infiniti Q60, we will try to describe to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may 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 auto technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Infiniti Q60, 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 just 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 Infiniti Q60?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Infiniti Q60 , 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 read our article on this subject.
- Use a particular 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 Infiniti Q60 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Infiniti Q60. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you wish more guides on the Infiniti Q60, go to our Infiniti Q60 category.
