In a similar vein - the Woodruff key was developed by W.N. Woodruff of Connecticut. In 1888, he was awarded the John Scott Medal by the Franklin Institute for his invention. Jules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym


Diesel is yet another

Greetings All,

Get this: the local Land Rover shop does not want to touch Hadlex fluid change; as expressed with a $2000 quote and inability to see the vehicle for 3 months. Even the local Volvo specialists shops won’t touch it.

What gives. Where have all the real mechanics gone? Guy Pensa
Cars with Personalities
Getting itchy. What's next?
2014 Land Rover HSE Lux (blend of practicality and aggressiveness)
2007 XKR (Jaguar Racing Green) (woo hoo!)
2004 XJR (Jaguar Racing Green) (deceased)
2002 S-Type R (British Racing Green, of course)
1951 Riley RMD (Black, time for that restoration)

Try an Audi dealer....... Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

The Haldex AWD system is used in quite a number of different manufacturers' cars, you must surely be able to find someone if there is no reliable independent service agent around one that is able to service it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldex_Traction

itsaguything wrote:

Greetings All,

Get this: the local Land Rover shop does not want to touch Hadlex fluid change; as expressed with a $2000 quote and inability to see the vehicle for 3 months. Even the local Volvo specialists shops won’t touch it.

What gives. Where have all the real mechanics gone?

Thank you All.

I agree. I'll try the Audi dealer... Guy Pensa
Cars with Personalities
Getting itchy. What's next?
2014 Land Rover HSE Lux (blend of practicality and aggressiveness)
2007 XKR (Jaguar Racing Green) (woo hoo!)
2004 XJR (Jaguar Racing Green) (deceased)
2002 S-Type R (British Racing Green, of course)
1951 Riley RMD (Black, time for that restoration)

Hi does anyone know if you can replace the haldex pump without removing the whole unit I've serviced the unit 4 months ago and now needs the pump typical mines a 2010 haldex 4 ordering the pump from bell engineering tomorrow just didn't want take it all out again thanks Andrew

Best to check with Austen at Bell. I do believe he always removes the type 4

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Its the type 3 that normally gets upgraded to a type 4. 
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.

Rooftop wrote:

Hi does anyone know if you can replace the haldex pump without removing the whole unit I've serviced the unit 4 months ago and now needs the pump typical mines a 2010 haldex 4 ordering the pump from bell engineering tomorrow just didn't want take it all out again thanks Andrew

Gen 4 serviced, my09 105K miles, oil in pretty good order really and no metal bits evident, bit of friction material suspended in the oil ( brown flakes in photo, photos make it look worse than it was really) and after cutting up the old filter it looks like it would have been ok for quite some time, but its done now.

If you keep all the tires of the same size, wear and pressure and you don't floor it during starts in corners, this is how it's supposed to look and last.

Mechanical sympathy and commonsense, not sure where that’s taught these days

Personally I don’t think the tires make that much difference, I think a gentle right foot is the biggest contributor to long life in these vehicles.

The Volvo part no. for Haldex oil is now 31367940. I paid £17.76 (VAT inc) for a litre.