In this article we will try to help you resolve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. In reality, spotting a leak on your car is never reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Mitsubishi Pajero 3 . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Mitsubishi Pajero 3.

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Gearbox leak on Mitsubishi Pajero 3, source and manifestation

If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in fact based on the gearbox of your Mitsubishi Pajero 3. To do this, you will need to go under your vehicle 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 wrongly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just 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 Mitsubishi Pajero 3?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Mitsubishi Pajero 3, we will try to show you to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Take note that in any case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, 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 mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will involve 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 Mitsubishi Pajero 3, in any other case you’ll have to replace the whole gearbox
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  • 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 Mitsubishi Pajero 3?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Mitsubishi Pajero 3 , 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 browse 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 Mitsubishi Pajero 3 gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Mitsubishi Pajero 3. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and depending 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.

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