Haldex oil change

[Simon4118]

Hi All, I have just bought a Scout Mk2 how can I check the oil in the Haldex unit   ?

 

many thanks

simon

[SuperbTWM]

Possibly by draining the oil and refilling it again although I'm not sure if that generation has a level plug you can take out to verify the level but it might be awkward. The gen 1 was always filled up via the drain plug rather than the fill plug.

 

If in doubt I would just give it a service anyway

Edited 8 February, 2020 by SuperbTWM

[Simon4118]

Many thanks, will have a look and may refer it to my local garage for a quote !

[FirstAndLastSkoda]

As a reference Skoda should charge about £75 for this. If a FL MKII it will be Haldex Gen4, this has a mesh filter.

 

If a pre-FL MKII it will come with Haldex Gen2, not sure about filters with those.

 

Recently went to an indy who replaced the filter as well as the oil. The filter was about £50 which he got via a Volvo supplier. Volvo replace the filter on their Haldex Gen 4 vehicles. Skoda do not. In fact they deny the filter even exists.

[TasMan]

Good advice on the Gen 4 filters, they need to be changed.

I had pump failure at 38,000 miles despite the Skoda dealer servicing the Haldex unit as scheduled....of course, they only changed the oil and I later found out the full requirements.

I have since had the pump replaced and new oil and filter, parts bought via https://www.haldexrepairs.co.uk/     Quite an informative site by all accounts.

It still amazes me that Skoda fail to even recognise this filter exists.

I will be changing my oil and filter again fairly soon, but well below the recommended interval, typically 18 months and around 15k miles since I had the pump replaced, don't want to have to replace the pump again.

Remember to get the pump fully removed and strainer cleaned, as well as the filter replaced.

Edited 14 February, 2020 by TasMan

[J.R.]

Thanks, I have bookmarked that site, will soon be driving my Yeti which has circa 80k miles and no history of any Haldex servicing. I will make it a priority.

[TasMan]

32 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Thanks, I have bookmarked that site, will soon be driving my Yeti which has circa 80k miles and no history of any Haldex servicing. I will make it a priority.

No probs, if you have access to a OBD code reader (Carista or similar) it might be worth running a check to make sure you don't already have the dreaded error codes.  No point in changing the oil and filter if your Haldex pump has already failed.  If the pump fails there are no dash warnings, it just doesn't work and you might not realise.  The other test is to take the car on wet grass and have someone check if all wheels spin when you pull away sharpish...!  At 80k and no service history I would be checking it all out.  Hope that helps.

[J.R.]

I have VCDS and have already scanned, - no errors were present.

 

Next time I will follow the procedure for manually activating the pump and checking the measuring blocks but will change the oil & filter ASAP.

 

I havn't driven it hard enough to notice any wheelspin.

[penguin17]

On 09/02/2020 at 20:20, FirstAndLastSkoda said:

As a reference Skoda should charge about £75 for this. If a FL MKII it will be Haldex Gen4, this has a mesh filter.

 

If a pre-FL MKII it will come with Haldex Gen2, not sure about filters with those.

 

Recently went to an indy who replaced the filter as well as the oil. The filter was about £50 which he got via a Volvo supplier. Volvo replace the filter on their Haldex Gen 4 vehicles. Skoda do not. In fact they deny the filter even exists.

Ironically Volvo had multiple early Haldex failures on 5th gen cars when dealers weren't routinely cleaning out the filter at oil change time. They told customers that it's a sealed unit and only needs oil.  Yes, the filter is not a consumable part but it should still be cleaned in conjunction with an oil change.  Mind you my indy specialist said the local VW garage refused point blank that the filter needed maintaining on a Mk7 Golf R, when the owner brought the car to him for a second opinion he advised a filter removal, clean and refit.  Low and behold it was gummed up.