Thread: D4 Start Battery from Bunnings Exide 900CCA

Originally Posted by Dudela

I purchased this new and apart from the Matson battery monitor the battery compartment is as per the factory. In saying that I never looked all that closely before will open up and have a look tomorrow to see as it looks like a one of the circuit goes from the negative back the negative.

Tombie, This had me concerned as ARB installed a bull bar and spotties so thought maybe they had ventured somewhere other than what I was shown. Had a closer look and the negative terminal all appears to be factory based on the youtube video here having the same arrangement JumpsPower AMG18 Jump Start New Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 3.0 Diesel - Real Performance Testing - YouTube. Had a look at the manual I had purchased and it does not show what the small connector on the negative terminal is however I recall being told that it had a shunt meter so maybe it is this.

[QUOTE=Dudela;3036311]Just wanted to share my battery purchase which is an experiment however all going well after a couple of days.

found the Exide Extreme XDIN88HMF link below with the same dimensions as the factory one with 900CCA and 36mth warranty. If I can get >3 years it will work out ok when compared against the AGM. I use a portable Aux battery so I can use it in and out of the vehicle so no additional loads on the start battery.


I bought exact same battery from Bunnings (Special Order Item) which I installed at the beginning of September and so far all good.

I have an '09 MY10 2.7L D4, which I've owned for about 2 years now, and my old battery was also a wet battery size 88 which was only 780CCA but was fitted in August 2015, so got 5 years out of that...got stuck with a flat battery due to lack of driving due to Melbourne Covid restrictions, but once I charged it , it still seemed hold charge OK, just didn't want to risk getting stuck again and figured 5 years was a pretty good run!