In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be frustrating, and if not handled on time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Lexus NX . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Lexus NX.
Gearbox leak on Lexus NX, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Lexus NX. 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 based on your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once established, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Lexus NX?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Lexus NX, we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact origin of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the mechanic and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to determine 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 change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Lexus NX, 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 Lexus NX?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Lexus NX , 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 action, please examine our article on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Lexus NX gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Lexus NX. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic 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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