Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be frustrating, and if not taken in time become a financial drain. Surely, finding a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Murano . Today, we’re going to help you verify that it’s in truth 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 Nissan Murano.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Murano, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is in truth based on the gearbox of your Nissan Murano. 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 confirmed, 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 that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to repair a gearbox leak on Nissan Murano?
After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Murano, we will try to show you to you what are your options to remedy this oil leak. Bear in mind that whatever the case, after having identified a leak, you must go to a garage area to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage area and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the technician will have to take apart your gearbox, which will involve a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your technician will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Murano, in any other case you’ll have to replace the complete gearbox
- 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 Nissan Murano?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Murano , 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 manipulation, please go through our content page on this subject.
- Use a particular additive for maintenance 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 Murano gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Nissan Murano. As you have realized, gearbox problems often lead to a complete replace of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based 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 you have any additional questions about the Nissan Murano, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Murano category.
