20yr old French car in FTP shocker. Any ideas?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Anything with a higher CCA (cold cranking ampage) than you currently have if you can find one. Just means it has a little more oomph for starting

 

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This. A lot more CCA if the battery will fit the space without encroaching too much on other things in the engine bay.

[Parky]

Echoing a previous poster, I used to buy Halfords batteries with a 4 year warranty and kept the receipt in the glove box for when they failed after 3. Think I had three batteries for the price of one when I owned my Toyota.

 

Last one I bought was an Exide from ECP for Mrs P’s 500. That needed lots of CCA because of the stop start system which I think is probably what killed the original unit. Two years isn’t brilliant for a brand new battery. I do remember it was bloody expensive compared to the £30 I used to pay for them (admittedly that was 1992 but still....)

[Richard]

The warranty on the Volvo's Halfords battery was only good for three years from original purchase, they must have been stung by offering eternal four year warranties on three year batteries.

[rainagain]

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This. A lot more CCA if the battery will fit the space without encroaching too much on other things in the engine bay.

Measure battery box length, width, height and note the location of the terminals. Then wonder round the batteries in Halfords and see what is the largest that will fit, note the model number then get a better and or cheaper one online.

[lisbon_road]

ECP best battery price is via carparts4less on eBay. Because world has gone mad. Batteries seem to me to last well now. My Astra has one I got off a car going in for the scrappage scheme on 2008 I think.

[Kiltox]

It's funny how all the stop-gap car roffles always dry up every time these French problems occur!

Kiltox's GT is an annoying insurance leap for some reason...

I was quite surprised at how expensive it was to insure too - only £100 between it and my Boxster.

[Kiltox]

ECP best battery price is via carparts4less on eBay. Because world has gone mad. Batteries seem to me to last well now. My Astra has one I got off a car going in for the scrappage scheme on 2008 I think.

CP4L website with code BLACK20 or ECP with BLACKFRIDAY might even beat that

 

I actually bought a battery from Halfords for my van a while ago because a 5 year warranty Yuasa was cheaper still, amazingly. (Trade card mind)

[Scruffy Bodger]

I've just been surprised to see nobody recommended a Varta. I've seen them fitted to multiple fork-lift trucks and have come across a few in my time and all have been very good. A quick Googling just and what do you know they are re-labelled Bosch units, might explain it then?

[Guest]

Yuasa batteries used to be top quality, but in the last few years I've seen far too many just die- one day they're fine, next day- dead. GM branded batteries seemed to last forever- and are cheap from Vauxhall.

[richardmorris]

Whatever can be delivered by the time you go home tonight.

Tayna.co.uk

[Parky]

Just realised the battery in the daily is ten years old. Still turns over fine but....

 

Wonder if falling voltage is behind three of the doors deciding to no longer unlock on the remote?

[richardmorris]

Just realised the battery in the daily is ten years old. Still turns over fine but....

Wonder if falling voltage is behind three of the doors deciding to no longer unlock on the remote?

Could be, I had ten years out of the x1/9 battery and that was always on a plugged in charger/conditioner.