57 needs MOT so thought would get garage to do usual oil and filter etc. Also thought might get them to do the Haldex oil and filter as well and possibly the auto box fluid.
Now how long should these tasks take and with the Haldex , being a 57, I think there is no software issues and is
quite straightforward.
Has 80k on the clock.

What is a “57”?

I think same as mine 57 reg.

And what is a 57 reg?

Click on Bogart's car by his name and that will tell you all you need to know



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Simon J wrote:

And what is a 57 reg?

Quite obvious I would have thought

Obvious? Not really. Not everyone lives in Great Britain.

Wait for Brexit and no one will leave in the UK, we’ll all be stateless

'Great Britain' and 'UK' are not synonymous.

Click on Bogart's car by his name and it will tell you all you need to know



 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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

Precisely not exactly rocket science!

The reason for Simons confusion I believe that he lives in NI as do I. We don’t have 57, 59 etc on our plates, just three letters followed by up to four numbers. We do have UK reg cars here by the way and also ROI reg.

Bogart wrote:

57 needs MOT so thought would get garage to do usual oil and filter etc. Also thought might get them to do the Haldex oil and filter as well and possibly the auto box fluid.
Now how long should these tasks take and with the Haldex , being a 57, I think there is no software issues and is
quite straightforward.
Has 80k on the clock.

Am also assuming is Gen 3 version. I will run it past the garage regarding the 2 filters. And what about autobox fluid change is that "straightforward"?

This videodemonstrates the two filters :



But his filling is incorrect - you have to remove some after filling to the plug level.

There are several ways to change the auto box oil.
The problem is that a significant amount of old oil remains in the torque converter when the oil is drained from the bottom of the gearbox. So new new oil will mix with old when you drive the car. You can replace about 92% of the old oil with 3 exchange cycles.

Alternatively some garages use a continuous flushing machine to exchange the oil in one go.

Because there is no dipstick you use the inner sleeve of the drain plug to set the level - by in effect over-filling then let it drain out to the inner sleeve level at about 60C when the gearbox is running and after the shifter is moved through the gears. Jules