Today we will try to help you solve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Cube . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to repair a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an indication of the price of the gearbox of a Nissan Cube.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Cube, source and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Nissan Cube. To achieve this, you will need to go under your vehicle and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from 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 it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to fix a gearbox leak on Nissan Cube?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Cube, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to repair this oil leak. Take note that whatever the case, after having founded a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, otherwise your gearbox may be irreparably broken. However, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to identify the leak, the auto mechanic 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 mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Cube, otherwise you’ll have to replace the complete 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 Cube?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Cube , 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 read our content 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 Cube gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Nissan Cube. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the part will as well have a different price, nevertheless, 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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