In this article we will try to help you fix a issue that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, finding a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Cabstar . Today, 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 Nissan Cabstar.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Cabstar, origin and manifestation
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to validate that this leak is in actual fact based on the gearbox of your Nissan Cabstar. 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 validated, here are the possible sources 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 it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Nissan Cabstar?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Cabstar, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Realize that no matter the reason, after having founded a leak, you must go to a mechanic to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might be irreparably damaged. However, here is how the service of the mechanic 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 replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Cabstar, in any other case 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 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 Cabstar?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Cabstar , 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 task, please read our content page on this subject matter.
- Use a specific additive for routine service 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 Nissan Cabstar gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Nissan Cabstar. As you have realized, gearbox problems quite often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the mechanic the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part will also 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 Nissan Cabstar, go to our Nissan Cabstar category.
