Td5 Battery Life

[ak]

Bought my Discovery Td5 new. About 5 years old, last service dealer said battery was still good. What sort of battery life should I expect? Car does a mixture of normal suburban and highway driving.

Regards Adrian

[Scouse]

Originally posted by ak
dealer said battery was still good. He couldn't have used the correct LR battery tester. Ours seems to fail 99% of the batteries tested (even those without a complaint from the owner) 8O .

5 years is a very good run.

Asking about how long it will last will surely bring about its demise now though :wink: .

[ak]

Thanks for the reply Scott now I know what to expect.

Adrian

[Scouse]

When the time does come, make sure you replace it with the correct type.

It's a Lead Calcium battery, not a Lead Acid battery.
They have different charging characteristics & a lead acid battery can boil over.

[ak]

Thanks again for the info Scott

Adrian

[Redback]

Ours just failed after 5yrs, replaced it with a Century/Yausa 86ZMF Calcium/lead calcium battery.

http://www.gsyuasabatteries.com.au/files/A...pec%20Sheet.pdf (http://www.gsyuasabatteries.com.au/files/All_PDFs/86ZMF_GSYuasa_Spec%20Sheet.pdf)

[hiline]

mines been going since October 2000 when i bought the car https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ :wink:

and still has a green light on the indicator panel thingy

[feral]

Mine should be failing any minute now 8O 8O 8O 8O

This week, Daughter No. 1 grapped the keys decided to sit in the car for half an hour or so, with ignition on, radio blaring and heater fan flat chat. All this waiting to go to school.
Needless to say but the usual dead clicking of the starter motor. One jump start from the neighbours and were off.

Unfortunalely episodes like this puts the death knells into the battery so I will be up for a new one soon :cry: :cry: :cry:
6 years and still counting.
Cheers,
Lyndon.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

it<span style="color:blue"> should see you through summer.....

and die in the first or second week of winter......</span>

[stevo]

mine lasted 6 years then one cold morning that horribly click from the starter

[Frenchie]

Four and a bit years and still going stron.......

[feral]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">
and die in the first or second week of winter......</span>

Great......that will be the first week of March then :!: :? :? :wink: :wink:

Cheers,
Lyndon.

[LandyAndy]

Hi Scott
Whats the difference besides the Lead/acid lead/calcium?? How does it affect the systems performance???
Mine has an AC Delco maint free battery,usually a very good battery,but havent checked its type.It was in the vehicle(TD5 Disco)when I bought it.Im hoping it OK as I have another perfectly good matching battery I was going to use for a dual battery setup.
Andrew

[AdrianLR]

The one in my first Td5 Disco went at 3 years

In the second (current) at 2.5

I do mainly short city trips so probably never gets a good charge and we have a fridge (no second battery).

Just replaced it with a Bond Ultimate Silver/Calcium - seemed to have appropriate specs and was the closest to the original in Leongatha!

[Fendi]

My battery is still the first.
Defender 01/2000

And now we have winter. The last 2 weeks we always had about -5 to -10 degrees. Since last x-mas we had only one week with + degrees...

Never had such a good battery in a car!

[Jamo]

I reckon that anything over two years is pretty good.

[gruntfuttock]

When I sold batteries many years ago, they were all designed and made to last about 3 years give or take 12 months. It would depend on the abuse it got.

Having said that, I had a battery in Switzerland that was about 7 to 8 years old and still going. Touch wood. Although i do not know how long it lasted when I sold the car.

[Scouse]

Originally posted by LandyAndy
Hi Scott
Whats the difference besides the Lead/acid lead/calcium?? How does it affect the systems performance???
The alternators are different on the DiscoII. They're supposed to be a faster charge rate than the DiscoI & the Lead Acid batteries can't handle it.

A calcium battery also requires a special battery charger to bring them up to full charge in a few hours. A normal charger can take around 3-4 days to bring them up to near full charge.
I've seen DiscoIIs fitted with Lead Acid batteries that have boiled over so I would advise you have your battery checked.

[JackH]

TD5 Auto 11/2000 - original battery still strong.

[landrovermick]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]it<span style="color:blue"> should see you through summer.....

and die in the first or second week of winter......</span>

He he he - when i was in the tyre game we used to say "Roll on winter" love the weather change battery sales..... and the battery tester that printed reports - licenece to print money loved giving out the report saying well if may fail in the near future...

On the same token it was great to give customers a report saying it should be ok for some while..



mick

[DougLD]

Hi All
3years 2months it died on a trip to Sydney replaced it with a century battery from Battery World They came to the car park where my wife was stuck all back on the road going in about 3/4 hr The NRMA were going to be a least another 3/4 of an hr the disco does mainly longish trips to town about 1/2 hr each way.
Regards
Doug

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I'm surprised Drivesafe hasnt commented on this :?

[CraigE]

Most manufacturers and retailers will tell you about 2 years and this is all some will last if worked hard. Generally I have found most last between 4-5 years. Be wary of some auto sparkies as I have found most will tell you you need a new battery even if you do not. I have had 2 last 3 years after the sparky told me it was buggered.
The AC Delco unit in the Fender is nearly 6 years and still going strong. I like these units as the main cranking battery as they are sealed and also have a charge indicator. Also they are a good price at aroung $200.

[feral]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:blue">
and die in the first or second week of winter......</span>

Great......that will be the first week of March then :!: :? :? :wink: :wink:

Cheers,
Lyndon.


Well...that lasted :cry: :cry:
Another jumpstart for the Disco this morning. D1 had the radio on for only 3 minutes and only to get clicks from the starter motor :evil: :evil:

So I'm up for a new one. I need an approximate cost for an original replacement battery and an aftermarket cost.

I would be tipping that the original replacement will break the bank and the aftermarket would be just as close. Any ideas?
Cheers,
Lyndon.

[feral]

Jeeeeezzzzzz....I love my job. Get on the phone and internet when I like....


Ok, I have done the research and now it will be on here for everyone to see.

A replacement battery for a Discovery Td5.

Land Rover original replacement - $250.34
Century/Yashua GSYUASA 86ZMF - $225.00

Now the next question is...are they the same battery that come out of the one factory with different labels/marking?

Cheers,
Lyndon.

[hiline]

feral a mate of mine is a battery rep https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

if you want i could PM you his number ............

[AdrianLR]

I put in a Bond Ultimate Silver/Calcium a couple of weeks ago into my 2003 TD5 Disco $130. Very similar specs and the terminals were in the right spot.

[hiline]

PM sent feral

let me know how you go

[Grizzly_Adams]

Don't we get a discount on batteries from somewhere?

I am sure I saw a post not that long ago saying we had a discount....

EDIT: Found the post, it was alllll the way back on page 2 of the Technical Chatter 8O It's entitled "Battery discounts for AULRO members"

Here's the URL: http://www.aulro.com/modules.php?name=Foru...iewtopic&t=5875 (http://www.aulro.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5875)

[feral]

Yep...sure do.

Just checked out the deal and what you have to do. Unfortunately it appears you have to go to the warehouse to get the wholesale discount. The warehouse address is listed as Yarraville in Victoria so this arvo it will take 1.5 hours to get there 8O

But....I can get a battery from this end of town for $170. It is the same battery but sold at retail price. It is a Supercharge Gold 36 series MF31 931. The best thing about this battery is that it is the biggest size I can find, at this stage. Here are the specs:
CCA:950
RC:200
It has all the sight glass, handles and the posts in the right spot so it sounds like its a winner https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Cheers,
Lyndon.

[hiline]

is that price from my guy ????