In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Indeed, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Lincoln Navigator . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Lincoln Navigator.

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Gearbox leak on Lincoln Navigator, origin and symptom

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Lincoln Navigator. To achieve 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: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to repair a gearbox leak on Lincoln Navigator?

After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Lincoln Navigator, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Remember that whatever the case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact origin of the leak, in any other case 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 determine the leak, the auto technician will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will require 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 Lincoln Navigator, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
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  • At last, 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 Lincoln Navigator?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Lincoln Navigator , however 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 manipulation, please examine our content page on this subject.
  • Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Lincoln Navigator gearbox

At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Lincoln Navigator. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based 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 want more guides on the Lincoln Navigator, go to our Lincoln Navigator category.