Thread: L322 wouldn't start this morning

Yes a battery can die quite suddenly.
If you go for a after market battery, you need to get a lead calcium battery. The charging system is set up for lead calcium. They will be a bit more expensive.

Oh Shock!! Oh the horror!!!
A battery that went flat after 5 years!

Geez mate You should thank your lucky stars you don't own a 38A near a radio source where the battery lasts 5 days>LOL.

Regards Philip A

It's one of those jobs where I'd say get someone to fit it for you for the sake of a couple of extra bucks, they are an absolute nightmare to get in and out of an L322.

Took the chap who did ours over an hour and lots of swearing to eventually get it swapped, and cost about $20 more than buying the battery and doing it myself.

Batteries can die even on the same day as they were last used.

Mrs Spud took our Alfa 159 Diesel to the shops (5Kms away) and parked. Came back half an hour later and it would not not turn over. Lights all came on OK. All it would do is click rapidly from the starter motor.

Initially I assumed the Alfa electrics had gone pffut. Tried to jump start it from a mate's car, but no go.

RAA turned up with a new battery and she fired up straight away. 3 year old battery just up and died. No issues since fitting the new one.

Originally Posted by ariddell

It's one of those jobs where I'd say get someone to fit it for you for the sake of a couple of extra bucks, they are an absolute nightmare to get in and out of an L322.

Took the chap who did ours over an hour and lots of swearing to eventually get it swapped, and cost about $20 more than buying the battery and doing it myself.

Hi Ariddell,
Thanks for the advise but I already removed the battery. It was quiet easy. The secret is to lift the bonnet to the vertical position.

Regards paul

Originally Posted by ariddell

It's one of those jobs where I'd say get someone to fit it for you for the sake of a couple of extra bucks, they are an absolute nightmare to get in and out of an L322.

Took the chap who did ours over an hour and lots of swearing to eventually get it swapped, and cost about $20 more than buying the battery and doing it myself.

If you have sat nav, defiantly take to some one who knows what there doing. If battery is removed before the sat nav has shut doen it will wipe it.

took over an hour??? replaced mine last month - it's easy, 5 mins in the carpark at the supercharge distribution center so I could leave the old one on their recycle pile... Radio held all its settings just needed to reset the clock. Only extra steps over a basic car would be: 1. stand the bonnet up (disconnect struts and clip it in the vertical position) 2. remove the lead to the + Jump Start Stud to allow vertical removal of the battery.

There is a Supercharge that suits even though their book doesn't list one, the helpful chap took me for a walk through the warehouse with a tape measure.
Supercharge Batteries - Car Batteries, Maintenance, Expanded Grid Technology (MF88H) 880cca (genuine LR that was there was 850cca) cost me $187 at their dist center. Would guess $220-230 retail at the local shop now we know what to ask for...

Please note if heading over there - Supercharge Batteries Distribution Center is a distribution warehouse that offers a sales counter - they will not change a battery for you - but as I've done a few times now you are welcome to change it yourself and leave your old one behind.

The LR battery (no idea on $) is actually made by Varta and you can buy the same thing labeled as Varta from the local battery shop ($320ish), problem I had was at the time I was told by 3 shops that there would be a 2 week wait for stock mainly because it's an odd item and no one wants to carry stock (nor do we want old stock), first thing I thought was if there's a 2 week wait in Brisbane how long will it take if it fails in the country? So I wanted to fit a readily available (common) battery - bit of research now might save me later).

$187 bucks! thats brilliant.. I think mine is starting to go. Sometimes the car doesn't start perfectly and the HDC Inactive comes on.

So you don't need power hooked up to change? I was told you had to or the computer will do weird things.

Camo