Is this a good deal?
Exide 77Ah EA770 with 4yr warranty, £83 delivered from Click Car Parts selling though Ebay.
Any other shop/battery recommendations?
Need to get a replacement battery very soon, the original 2005 vintage Varta 720 is on its way out - problems with starting first thing in the morning when cold.
GB
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C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
My answer is YESGB wrote:Is this a good deal?...
I also have an EXIDE under the bonnet
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
My answer would be save your money, you can buy one for a lot less here and I can recommend them, I have bought twice from them for Xantia and C5 HDIs
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Ps. Their number for the C5 HDI is 960.
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Ps. Their number for the C5 HDI is 960.
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
Generally you can tell the quality of a battery by its weight, one or two firms state the weight, the more lbs for your £ the better.
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I recently bought a Renault branded one from an eBay dealer at a very good price.
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
I got one from a genuine VW tade parts place last week for our 02 C5, its a Quantum battery and it was £54. Not bad at all.
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
If you are faced with several choices at the same price look for the one with the highest CCA figure (cold cranking amperes). This is the important part for starting on cold winter mornings especially with a high compression diesel engine.
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I went to my local factor last year and got a Yuasa one for under £80. Not that it helped, the real problem was the rubbish Mitsubishi starter.
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
Same here but got the Yuasa for £53. New starter imminent.reblack68 wrote:I went to my local factor last year and got a Yuasa one for under £80. Not that it helped, the real problem was the rubbish Mitsubishi starter.
Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
The battery search is over - the original battery died this morning. Over the past three days the car would start, however the dash voltage meter would then drop to below the quarter mark, and then would take about a minute to stabilise in the middle. So I knew the end was imminent.
Had to call ADAC (I have their ADAC-Plus European recovery membership, only €79 a year), the AA van arrived 45 minutes later to start the engine. Then picked up a £72 Exide battery (720 CCA, 4 year warranty) earlier today from Euro Car Parts - they also sell them online for £82 including "free" delivery.
Thanks for all suggestions, they were very helpful.
Had to call ADAC (I have their ADAC-Plus European recovery membership, only €79 a year), the AA van arrived 45 minutes later to start the engine. Then picked up a £72 Exide battery (720 CCA, 4 year warranty) earlier today from Euro Car Parts - they also sell them online for £82 including "free" delivery.
Thanks for all suggestions, they were very helpful.
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Re: C5 2.0 HDi battery replacement
Good choice just fitted the same to my C5.
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C5 2.2HDi Exclusive 2003 manual (now gone).
2009 Renault Megane, the misses drive.
Had a 1988 BX 19TRS Auto many moons ago.
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