archie98 wrote:

Thank you for your reply it was a independent guy who did the work he spoke to the main dealer in Chesterfield and they told him that they had never done one my car has done almost 60k

Oh dear this doesn't make good reading as I have got to book mine in under warranty for gearbox fault reduced trasmission message.

Maybe not so bad if it's under warranty, you could end up with a whole new transmission with the way some of them just seem to change complete assemblies until the fault goes away

Lets hope so, It's JCT600 warranty they have rung me this morning and told me to book it in at Landrover Chesterfield wish me luck.

Yes Bob it's just a large O ring round the body of the unit that seals inside the diff when fitted.
Sorry do t have part number to hand but if you ring dealer they should give you it over phone if you have any trouble I'll try find out for you.
As for reusing old one I would say inspect and make a call but I would expect them not to be more then a few £ so just purchase new one to be on safe side.

Just to add that I have now had my Haldex serviced by Austen of Bell Engineering

2013 Auto SD4 with 62k miles. There was plenty of the black "gunge" around the filters. I didn't take any photo's but similar to what has been posted earlier in this thread and I cannot believe that it would not have started to cause problems within the next 20k or so miles so very pleased to get it done

lovely guy who seems to know a lot about Haldex's

Steve

Is there a recommended product for cleaning the gen 3 Haldex?

If you happen to overfill with oil after refitting is it self-compensating? ie. After the refill and start engine procedure will any excess be squirted out of an oil breather or similar?

.....still waiting for my workshop manual  Only dead fish go with the flow

I use an industrial degreaser www.bellengineering.co.uk

I also did this yesterday & made the 380 mile round trip from Kent to see Austen & get my Haldex 3 serviced. Was going to do the job myself but decided to benefit from his skill & experience instead. All went like clockwork and I would recommend to everyone. My car has only 42k on the clock but Austen reckons this is the mileage to get the Haldex sorted. Apparently mine wasn't too bad but there was sludge etc & needed doing & surely any mechanism like this will benefit from some TLC & a fluid change. I simply don't understand Land Rover's complacency on this & certain other maintenance issues....

Most unfortunately I couldn't try the local brews as driving back the same day Next time!

Thanks Austen.

Appreciated,
Martin.

My MY10 has done 45K miles and had noticed, a few times, the vibration while setting off on full RH lock. (Feels like you have run over marbles in the road.) Also the all terrain system did give me a message that it was 'unavailable' a couple of times, back in May last year, with flashing warning light on the dash. I just reset the electrics by shutting down and restarting the car to see if it was a permanent fault - it was OK again.

As I was going to be visiting Warwick area last Weekend I decided to give Bell Engineering a call and see if it was possible to get the Haldex serviced.

Austen is very accommodating and we agreed to meet on Sunday, which fitted in nicely with Sunday lunch in Cleobury Mortimer. Austen first test-drove the car and agreed the Haldex was giving some signs of the need for an oil and filter change. Austen completed the work in under 2 hours. Mine did have some 'gunk' btw.

If you have any of these symptoms or you have got to 40K miles why not try Bell engineering.

Thanks again Austen.

Hi all, had my haldex serviced by Austen at Bell Engineering today.

No problem with haldex (as far as I knew) but felt at 112,000 miles it must be due a service. Sure enough filter full of black sludge and thick goop. Electric pump no better.

All cleared out and refitted in the time it took us to have a nice lunch with some local friends.

Great service, top bloke. I can't recommend enough.

Cheers Austen, John. Freelander 2 GS Stornoway Grey
Jan 2007 Bought 71,000 miles. Currently 149,300 miles.

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. Nice to hear you are all happy with the service we offer.  www.bellengineering.co.uk

Marked for requirement as and when I get round to service the Heldex, how often should the oil be changed on the unit ? cheers Arctic

Every 20k to be on the safe side. Filter change very 40k www.bellengineering.co.uk

whats the cost of a Haldex service on a 2013 Auto please Austen ?