Afternoon all,
Like many people i'm sure, with all this flooding and freezing weather, my battery has given up and my Boost Solenoid has drowned.
I'm sick and tired of little electrical faults caused by a poor battery, so I think it's time for me to get drastic.
I'm sure there is enough room in my engine bay (1.9 8v) to "re-construct" the battery box and fit a much bigger battery.
Now I'm not very clued up on car battery's, so I need some help!
Obviously, it'll be 12v. But how many AH and CCA? 80AH and 700A i've seen on the forums before.
Now if I go bigger than this, will there be any problems for the alternator to keep it topped up?
My intentions are to measure up the potential space and then nip to Halfords or other and see what size battery I can get/what car it fits and go from there.
Some sort of diesel VW Toureg battery maybe?
Like many people i'm sure, with all this flooding and freezing weather, my battery has given up and my Boost Solenoid has drowned.
I'm sick and tired of little electrical faults caused by a poor battery, so I think it's time for me to get drastic.
I'm sure there is enough room in my engine bay (1.9 8v) to "re-construct" the battery box and fit a much bigger battery.
Now I'm not very clued up on car battery's, so I need some help!
Obviously, it'll be 12v. But how many AH and CCA? 80AH and 700A i've seen on the forums before.
Now if I go bigger than this, will there be any problems for the alternator to keep it topped up?
My intentions are to measure up the potential space and then nip to Halfords or other and see what size battery I can get/what car it fits and go from there.
Some sort of diesel VW Toureg battery maybe?