Battery For A Tdi ?

[amsoil]

I just went to collect my TDI Ghia X after repair and see that the battery appears to have shrunk down to a 61AH one. I have been onto Daganham Ford but they are unable to identify a battery for a 99 Ghia X tdi (auto if it makes a difference) Checked all the manuals and searche the forum but no joy.

Any nice person assist here? I remember it had a really large (and expensive jobby with handles on it.....

[sanjsanj]

call halfrauds. They have data for all cars, right down to its trim level (ghia, zetec etc).

 

if it helps, then a 96 P reg 2.8 has the same battery as a 99 T reg 1.9 (i remember asking them this, but i can't remember the specs of the battery)

 

I do however remember them asking me if i had heated seats, a/c etc which suggests if you have alot of high power electrics (you have a Ghia X) then you go for the high amp battery.

[aaronp]

If u buy car in northern/eastern Europe where temperatures goes at winter as low as -37 (thats like . . . . diesel "freezes" and not much of diesel car as winter diesel designed to run down to -32 ) most cars diesel or not are fitted with high power (amps) batteries regardless what manual, manufacturer or anyone else says, as in low temperatures battery looses up to 50% of its initial power ! Never hurts to install high current battery like I've got at 110 A, the only thing is that if u do short journeys , ur generator will not have enough current to give good charge due to battery being high current!

A lot of people make massive fuss of batteries simple because they don't know much about it!

I'm saying this because I lived in eastern Europe for 3 years and I've seen even basic small petrol car having at least 60A battery !

[big_kev]

A 61Ah battery is far too small for a Tdi it should be around 88Ah as a minimum.

The fact it is a Ghia X will make matters worse.

 

The VW spec is actually 95Ah.

 

Complain to the garage as they have fitted too small a battery ( probably cheaper for them).

[marinabrid]

the standard replacement should be a part no. 017, a big battery that fills the tray. these are 88-92 a/h depending on who made it. the 096 which is the next battery down is around 70a/h and ive had one of these fitted for 2 years now with no problems.

the average price is around

[PhilT]

My battery failed last week (after eight and a half years on the original battery, not bad!) and the garage got me a 70ah one whereas the old one was 90ah. I queried it but they reckon the spec. says 70ah and not to worry 'cos its guaranteed for three years. Seems to work OK.

[stevie m]

If it was me with the problem and the original lasted so long i would stick with that. Others may work fine for now but with my knowledge of batteries will they last as long ? Give a person stress and how do they cope ? :rolleyes: