In this article we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be annoying, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Armada . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth 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 Nissan Armada.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Armada, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in truth coming from the gearbox of your Nissan Armada. 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 validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Only present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Nissan Armada?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Armada, we will try to describe to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Bear in mind that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a mechanic to determine the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, 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 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 auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Armada, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is just 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 Nissan Armada?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Armada , 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 action, please go through our content on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will find some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Nissan Armada gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Nissan Armada. As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a whole change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary quite 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.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Nissan Armada, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Armada category.
