Thread: Replacement battery for my D4

Have you tried de-sulphating the battery first? Chances you’ll restore a lot of charging capacity.

Most quality battery charging units (eg CTEK, KickAss) have a reconditioning mode

Just a thought

You could try Brian’s suggestion.

Failing that - #4
Definitely not 2 or 3.

And yes, BMS reset is required or it will think it still has a dud battery.

My battery is also on its last legs. It hasn’t failed to start the engine, yet, but is slow to turn over and had about 5 errors logged the other day all related to low voltage.

I’m going to pop into Goodchilds sometime this week to get a price and availability on the SSB SS88Ti.

Originally Posted by BeeGee

The battery on my D4 has been on the way out for a while now. The wife has been caught a few times and had to be jumped started. I've charged it on the CTEK a few times and its come up OK for a while but then died. ISO certainly isn't helping things at the moment. I'm going to change it out and be done with it. The current battery is an Exide CPLA10655CA 90Ah.

After reading through a number of historical threads a number of options have been put forward.
I've listed a number of them below with the exception of a Bosch option as I wasn't sure of the exact replacement model for Bosch.
The Super Start battery at $365 looks like a good option relative to the others.
What would you recommend?

1. Varta G14; 850CCA 95Ah,weight 26.4kg
$532
LONG SHELF LIFE SPILL & LEAK-PROOF START STOP AGM POWERSPORTS BATTERY VARTA G14 4016987144527 | eBay

2. Odyssey PC1350 AGM; 770CCA 95Ah, weight 30kg
$520
ODYSSEY BATTERY PC1350 DRY FIT AGM BATTERY BMW M3 M6 X5 X6 530 740 MERCEDES | eBay

3. Odyssey PC1700 AGM; 875CCA 78Ah, 27.6kg
$530
ODYSSEY PC1700 AGM DRY FIT BATTERY BMW AUDI LANDROVER JEEP PC1700MJT DEEP CYCLE | eBay

4. Super Start SS88TI AGM; 1180CCA 92Ah, 26.5kg
$365
SSB STOP START AGM SS88TI LEAK PROOF BATTERY 12 VOLT EUROPEAN MERCEDES BMW AUDI | eBay

I also read about needing to reset the BMS with a diagnostic tool. I don't have a diag tool. Is this a necessary step?

Thanks in advance.
BeeGee

Have you looked into Delkor?

Originally Posted by BrianElloy

Have you tried de-sulphating the battery first? Chances you’ll restore a lot of charging capacity.

Most quality battery charging units (eg CTEK, KickAss) have a reconditioning mode

Just a thought

Thanks Brian. I've got a CTEK XS15000 that seems to have a reconditioning function so will give that a crack first.

If not, I'll probably get a quote from Goodchilds Batteries tomorrow and compare against Option #4 above.

Originally Posted by kero

Have you looked into Delkor?

No, but will give Challenge Batteries Osborne Park a call tomorrow to get their advice and see what they come up with as well vs Goodchilds. Challenge are usually big on Delkor.

Originally Posted by BeeGee

Thanks Brian. I've got a CTEK XS15000 that seems to have a reconditioning function so will give that a crack first.

If not, I'll probably get a quote from Goodchilds Batteries tomorrow and compare against Option #4 above.

It’ll take a couple of goes to completely de-sulphate

I routinely do both of mine monthly

Originally Posted by BrianElloy

It’ll take a couple of goes to completely de-sulphate

I routinely do both of mine monthly

Noted, thanks Brian.

I just jump started her and took her for a long drive first. And now she's on the CTEK in recond mode overnight. If all is well I will repeat the recondition in a couple of days. I did note that when I jump started the Disco the interior lights were on so that probably didn't help things, on top of the lack of driving over the past month in ISO.