Today 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, distinguishing a leak on your vehicle is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Leaf . In this article, we’re going to help you ensure that it’s obviously a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Nissan Leaf.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Leaf, origin and manifestation
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is obviously originating from the gearbox of your Nissan Leaf. To achieve this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be originating from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just present on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In case it is cracked or broken
- One of your seals broken
How to repair a gearbox leak on Nissan Leaf?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Leaf, we will try to describe to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Bear in mind that in any case, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact origin of the leak, in any other case your gearbox might 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 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 mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Leaf, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete 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 Leaf?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Leaf , 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 action, please browse 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 locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Nissan Leaf gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Nissan Leaf. As you have understood, gearbox problems quite often lead to a complete change of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because depending on the garage 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.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Nissan Leaf, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Leaf category.
