On this page we will try to help you solve a issue that can be annoying, and if not taken on time become a financial drain. In actual fact, distinguishing a leak on your car is rarely reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Nissan Patrol 3 . 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, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Nissan Patrol 3.
Gearbox leak on Nissan Patrol 3, origin and symptom
If you have noticed an oil stain on the ground, you will need to verify that this leak is in actual fact coming from the gearbox of your Nissan Patrol 3. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be coming from your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once verified, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly 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 fix a gearbox leak on Nissan Patrol 3?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Nissan Patrol 3, we will try to explain to you what are your options to repair this oil leak. Be aware that no matter the reason, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage area to determine the exact origin 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 determine the leak, the auto mechanic 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 auto mechanic will replace it and reassemble the gearbox of your Nissan Patrol 3, in any other case you’ll have to change the whole gearbox
- At last, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only 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 Patrol 3?
There aren’t many alternatives to avoid gearbox leaks on your Nissan Patrol 3 , 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 action, please examine our content on this subject.
- Use a specific additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug slight leaks, you will locate some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Nissan Patrol 3 gearbox
At last, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Nissan Patrol 3. As you have understood, gearbox problems often lead to a whole change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage area the labour can vary quite 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.
To discover more tips on the Nissan Patrol 3, take a look at the Nissan Patrol 3 category.
