Technical Fiat stilo battery earth leads upgrade

[adyi76]

In winter I had two days non starter it's ok now but in -4 degree the battery was nearly dead thinking of upgrading battery to 096 heavy duty and the earth leads can you upgrade the leads and if so how ? It's a jtd 1.9

 

[Davren]

Hi, Welcome to the FF.

There's a guide to upgrading earth leads here: https://www.fiatforum.com/stilo-guides/256641-fixing-bad-earth-problems.html

!!! THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN DELETED !!!
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[adyi76]

Thanks for the info will try hopefully it will solve the winter blues

 

[Yellow Peril]

+1

The combination of a heavy-duty battery and the 'Greek' extra earth leads is a winner! Thoroughly recommend this for keeping the electrical gremlins at bay...

 

[adyi76]

Can you put one on the gear box and one on the chassis ? As its a diesel the ecu is a bit out of the way ?

 

[Yellow Peril]

Can you put one on the gear box and one on the chassis ? As its a diesel the ecu is a bit out of the way ?

AFAIR I attached mine to cylinder head, gearbox, ECU and body. And by the way, you don't need to make the leads up like the Greeks do. Most good motor spares factors sell earth leads already made up with the ends in place in set lengths. Just measure up what you need and buy them.

 

[adyi76]

Thanks ill see if I can get them at different lengths what size eyelets do you use ?

 

[Yellow Peril]

Gosh it's so long ago, I cant be sure, but I'm guessing 6 or 7 mm. It's honestly not critical.

 

[adyi76]

Hi also was thinking of replacing the starter and Alternator cable do you know the best amp and mm size and does it matter ??

 

[Zeewulf]

Hi, Welcome to the FF.

There's a guide to upgrading earth leads here: https://www.fiatforum.com/stilo-guides/256641-fixing-bad-earth-problems.html
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Davren

Any idea where that guide has gone as the link says it's now Bad ?

 

[Davren]

Any idea where that guide has gone as the link says it's now Bad ?

All the pictures were hosted on external links that had died, so the guide was useless. I deleted it.
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[Zeewulf]

All the pictures were hosted on external links that had died, so the guide was useless. I deleted it.
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That's a shame as I'm new to Stilos and needed to do mine...