Flat battery D3 TDV6

Thanks for the offer Ken but I have already gone out and bought the Optima.

Epic Pooh, great minds think alike. Yours and the auto sparky at Autobarn as thats the same idea he had.

Here's how I made it work....... (bare in mind that this is temporary until my crank battery arrives)......

Here is the battery fitted and clamped:

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Adding the battery leads to the existing clamps:

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Insulated all the bare fittings and clamped to posts:

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The only thing I'm not sure of is what happens with the little tube that was connected to the old battery?

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The tube will be a drain for any gasses/liquid to safely exit the engine bay.
Andrew

You won't need that tube with the optima. As Andy says it is the vent / drain.

Nice use of gaffa tape - that's what I'd have done. Maybe a cable tie or two as well haha

All good now brightsbane ?

Tell me, who needs this **** to get 0.1L100Km.

It is just something else to go wrong and may be great in Europe with many hills but what happens across the Nullarbor when you are not overriding much at all.
The whole electronic control of the alternator output thing should be able to be disabled and you D4 owners should be demanding that LR make it possible.
Regards Philip A

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All good now brightsbane ?

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Yep, starting really well now. Thanks.

So I'm gathering from this and other threads that:
- OEM battery life can vary from six to more commonly as little as two years
- there's a few aftermarket battery options but the Varta G14 is currently considered the 'premium' choice.

Our 2010 RRS, battery dated 2013 (so 2.5 years old at the most), went flat while being serviced recently. We were told it was the alternator, even though the hidden diagnostic screen was showing up to 14.4V after starting. I can only guess they looked at the date on the battery and ruled it out.

I put it on the low-amp charger overnight and a month went by without incident including standing for 6 days and my wife's daily 5km/20min each way commute (gotta love inner city living... not!). Then this morning it started but not a sausage from the stereo-related systems.

I have to assume a new battery is in short order (and a traxide DBS which I know to be awesome from previous experience), but in the mean time my wife does a lot of business from the car, so can I put the charger on it overnight and expect the stereo to come alive, or do I need to do the whole hard reset thing?

There's a lot of RRSs in particular that do well less than 15000kms a year and I can't credit that the Toorak types are all popping their batteries on the charger once a month to keep them hobbling along!

Stuart - there is no way your vehicle can charge up doing the 10km circuit...

In these situations, a charger or longer drives on weekends to put the power back will extend the life.

All those Toorak tractors just replace the battery every couple of years (or get a new vehicle when the lease runs out! )

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Stuart - there is no way your vehicle can charge up doing the 10km circuit...

In these situations, a charger or longer drives on weekends to put the power back will extend the life.

All those Toorak tractors just replace the battery every couple of years (or get a new vehicle when the lease runs out! )

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Cheers to long weekend drives! Just got to get 19"s and A/Ts to do it right :)

There must be a lot of people think Rovers are still plagued by gremlins of old simply because of this battery situation. I guess as long as they sell them to us at appropriately discounted rates when the leases run out, then hey!

That's it!!! Although I'm enjoying mine and likely keep it when the lease runs out :D

Most won't keep them long enough to have the glitch, or it gets replaced as part of a service and they don't care..

Happens with the BMWs Audis etc as well..
Short runs kill them..

My "office" run is all of 4.6km return...
I just throw in plenty of long runs :)

I noticed Every Battery offering a 42 month warranty on Varta G14s... May never need to pay for a battery again!