Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be frustrating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. Obviously, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Pathfinder . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to fix 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 Pathfinder.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Pathfinder, source and symptom
If you have detected an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is indeed originating from the gearbox of your Nissan Pathfinder. To do 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 confirmed, here are the possible origins of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s incorrectly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Nissan Pathfinder?
After discovering the different origins of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Pathfinder, we will try to explain to you what are your possibilities to fix 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 might 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 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 replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Pathfinder, in any other case you’ll have to replace 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 Pathfinder?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Pathfinder , 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 manipulation, please go through our article 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 discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Nissan Pathfinder gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an indication of how much it costs to replace the gearbox of a Nissan Pathfinder. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole replace of this part. It is difficult to give you a precise price because based on the garage area the labour can vary a lot and based on your engine the component 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 component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
If you need more guides on the Nissan Pathfinder, go to our Nissan Pathfinder category.
