Hi all

 

As above - can anyone recommend a garage in the Bristol area that are familiar with the gen 4 Haldex system, including replacing the filter that doesn't officially exist?! Tried my usual garage and some specific Skoda garages, to be met with varied levels of bafflement. Several garages have contacted Skoda and told me that my car doesn't have a haldex filter - I know this is what Skoda officially says, but I also know the car does have a filter (as at https://www.haldexrepairs.co.uk/replace-generation-4-filter-andor-pump/) and I want it changed. I don't really want to be a guinea pig for some garage guided by the link above, I'd like someone who knows what they're doing and have done it before! Oh, and I don't want to go to a main dealer because I've not had good experiences with them in the past... Plus they say there's no filter to change anyway!

 

Any suggestions at all?

 

Thank you.

Edited 10 April, 20188 yr by sandspider

You are wanting a Gen5 filter - but the instructions point to a Gen4 filter.

 

How do you know for certain that a Gen5 has a filter have you seen/removed it yourself?

Sorry, meant gen 4 - updated title and post now. Gen 5 appears to be easier, as you can just clean the filter.

Aaah - makes more sense now

Just been quoted £245 to replace the filter!! Cost is so high because garage insists on doing diagnostics on it first, as they don't believe the filter will be clogged enough to cause the hesitation when I pull away on full lock. They suspect a faulty pump, which I don't think is the case... I will see if I can get a VCDS check, though I'm not really sure how to interpret the results.

Have you tried these guys?

 

http://veewservices.co.uk/

 

Not personally used them as they are too far from me but I have heard some good things.

 

Is this the part you mean?

https://www.haldexrepairs.co.uk/shop/filters/generation-gen-4-filter-kit-vw-audi-seat-skoda/

 

This seems like a how too guide but its a little old and some pics don't load but you get the idea:

 

http://www.ttforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1496577

 

 

 

Edited 11 April, 20188 yr by Golf-Fiend

I have tried Veew services in the past and found them very expensive. I also emailed them about Haldex filters a week or so ago but never heard back, so I'll give them a ring, thanks.

 

And yes, the filter is the one in your link above, and there's also a guide to how to do it on the same site. But I don't have VCDS or a lift, so it's not something I can really do at home, unfortunately.

Well, what a pain. Eventually got the filter changed by VeeW services, but despite them claiming to have done lots before (and me explaining very carefully what needed to be done including the filter), when I got the car back the first time they said "we couldn't find a filter, and Skoda says there isn't one", so they'd just changed the haldex fluid (again) and tried to charge me £140 for it!!

 

To be fair, once I'd explained yet again, they did book me back in and do the job properly - I think. Still waiting for a photo of the state of the old filter. But it seems that anyone who pays less than £100 for a Haldex oil and filter change (on a gen 4 car) is probably just getting a fluid change, not the filter...

 

Alas, the car still seems to hesitate slightly when pulling away on full lock. So perhaps this is just what they do, or maybe there's something else amiss somewhere. VCDS shows nothing incidentally.