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OLOSTEVE

Member Since: 18 Dec 2016
Location: Swanton Abbott, Norfolk NR10 5DU
Posts: 332

2014 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Auto Firenze Red

You can forget, "Graceland's", I have been to, Leafy Lane Cottage, to meet the King of Haldex.
Thank you, Austen and family what a wonderful team.

20th Jul 2022 10:10 am

Deano64

Member Since: 16 Aug 2013
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 602

2014 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Orkney Grey

Agreed. Also a nice day out 😀. Never been to those parts before 😀

20th Jul 2022 7:59 pm

robblue

Member Since: 10 Jan 2017
Location: cornwall
Posts: 262

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Santorini Black

yes good service ordered a diff arrived the following day fitted over the weekend contacted them on the monday to say old diff was ready that was collected the following day spent to rest of the weekend wire brushing the subframe and painting it while the diff was out 2009 FL2 S now gone
2011 FL2 HSE AUTO
2012 FL2 XS AUTO
2000 Kawasaki er 5

22nd Jul 2022 10:15 am

OLOSTEVE

Member Since: 18 Dec 2016
Location: Swanton Abbott, Norfolk NR10 5DU
Posts: 332

OLOSTEVE wrote:
You can forget, "Graceland's", I have been to, Leafy Lane Cottage, to meet the King of Haldex.
Thank you, Austen and family what a wonderful team.

Been home a couple of days and have realised the Haldex had affected the Auto gear box to such an extent I put a post on the site to ask about doing a reset as it seemed as though it was dropping a gear with a knock, this has now disappeared and another benefit when engaging the hand brake it doesn't kick. Running a bit quieter as well. Austen did say the Haldex was in a pretty poor state and interesting told be they do not seem to like low millage. 2013 88000

22nd Jul 2022 10:27 pm

jules

Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire
Posts: 5021

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Firenze Red

I'm contacting Bell next week. I seem to have symptoms consistent with a failing PTU. Only done 53K miles. Jules

23rd Jul 2022 1:08 pm

Deano64

Member Since: 16 Aug 2013
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 602

I asked about Ptu oil changes and they said not really worth it - the oil lasts longer than the metal !

23rd Jul 2022 4:22 pm

Nodge68

Member Since: 15 Jul 2020
Location: Newquay
Posts: 2082

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Rimini Red

It' likely the metal components don't last so long because the oil stops protecting. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, my daily driver.
1972 Hillman Avenger GT, the project.

24th Jul 2022 6:04 am

jules

Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire
Posts: 5021

Ive changed the PTU oil at 30k and 50K miles.
Waiting to contact Austen for his opinion as to the source of my FL2's noise.

For those wanting to determine if a "bearing" sound is coming from the rear or the front of the car , its very easy to isolate the rear diff and rear axle by pulling the haldex fuse. This disconnects the haldex (unless your haldex is jammed but that would give different symptoms - skipping on slow tight turns).

I supported the car on the front chassis lift points (not the sill jack points, pulled the FB1 fuse in the boot (2014 fuse locations) and was able to run it as a purely FWD car (letting the power in carefully as there is a lot of rotating mass) and identified that the noise was not from the rear diff or rear axle. It only takes a minute or so to obtain a positive or negative test result.
I chocked the rear wheels and kept the EPB handbrake on (but it may have auto disengaged itself during the test). The older mechanical parking brake would obviously stay on.
You get all sorts of alarms with the FB1 fuse out but they all go away once the fuse is reinserted and you restart the engine and drive a 100m or so. Jules

24th Jul 2022 7:47 am

OLOSTEVE

Member Since: 18 Dec 2016
Location: Swanton Abbott, Norfolk NR10 5DU
Posts: 332

Deano64 wrote:
I asked about Ptu oil changes and they said not really worth it - the oil lasts longer than the metal !

Ditto I got the same response from Austen.

25th Jul 2022 6:28 pm

RichardM

Member Since: 07 Jul 2015
Location: Cardiff
Posts: 72

2011 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Lago Grey

I'm taking my 2011 TD4 FL2 to Bell tomorrow to have the Haldex serviced. The car has done 95,000 miles and the Haldex has never been touched. It will be interesting to see what they find and if I notice anything different after. Richard M

1st Aug 2022 10:12 pm

GPO

Member Since: 23 Jan 2022
Location: North West
Posts: 1

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Orkney Grey

I had the Haldex judder fix service carried out last week , now drives like a new vehicle . Big thumbs up for Bell from me .

7th Aug 2022 8:51 pm

JulesK

Member Since: 07 Dec 2014
Location: Ceredigion.
Posts: 1664

2014 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Firenze Red

Is there any recommendations on places to stay up by Bell Engineering please? If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

🐑
Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

25th Sep 2022 5:02 pm

I Like Chips

Member Since: 25 Jun 2017
Location: Ascott Under Wychwood
Posts: 1541

2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Indus Silver

Why not give Austen a call, he will tell you

25th Sep 2022 7:43 pm

KentLR

Member Since: 05 May 2022
Location: Kent
Posts: 11

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Barolo Black

RichardM wrote:
I'm taking my 2011 TD4 FL2 to Bell tomorrow to have the Haldex serviced. The car has done 95,000 miles and the Haldex has never been touched. It will be interesting to see what they find and if I notice anything different after.

Would be interested to know how you got on.

26th Sep 2022 10:28 am

Kage

Member Since: 03 Oct 2018
Location: Midlands
Posts: 236

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

JulesK wrote:
Is there any recommendations on places to stay up by Bell Engineering please?

Good to hear from you Jules. Where’ve you been?

26th Sep 2022 7:00 pm

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