3 years 30,000 miles 3 new batteries

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3 years 30,000 miles 3 new batteries

yuasa battery
last one year and looses cells ..luckily
5 year guarantee

whats going on !
 
Do you have a camera that carries on recording after the car is parked. These really screw with batteries. Also Varta silver would be my recommendation for a battery.
 
No its just as is , cars in daily use , putting in 40 mile fast round trips , loosing cells is novel , may be the hard springs are shaking them to bits ..
 
Have you been licking the terminals?...I know when I lick mine a lot it drains the battery :blink:
 
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Nope, nothing just the standard set up . its ran fine for a year , then the battery falls to bits

Talking with one one of the guys from the local tyre mot chain shops , says don't sell yuasa , as had too many returns
yuasa no longer made in japan , sell bosch/varta only

another new £112 exchange batter = another years happy motoring
 
I was having the same situation with “Exide” batteries.

Ended up taking the plunge on a Bosch S5 096 because I’ve got the space for it in my cage in the boot. Been pretty solid so far


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out of interest : what voltage do 'we' get , charged battery , everything 'off' fast idle ?
 
Tnx , initially 12.9 close , see what it shows after a few day's with the new battery ..
 
I had a battery drain issue a few years ago on my car and it ended up being the heated door locks that stayed on, using a very small amount of power, however still causing a drain!!

Maybe worth checking for that, i believe there was a fuse for it which i just ended up removing, as I never used the key to get into the car anyway.
 
Nilz said:
I had a battery drain issue a few years ago on my car and it ended up being the heated door locks that stayed on, using a very small amount of power, however still causing a drain!!

Maybe worth checking for that, i believe there was a fuse for it which i just ended up removing, as I never used the key to get into the car anyway.
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Heated door locks? I don’t think our cars have that......

What car are you referring to?


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I’ve seen door lock heater modules on eBay, so that would suggest it’s a thing. Maybe an optional extra?




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Definitely the door locks, was possibly an optional extra, I didnt even know I had them, till we had to check to see where the drain was coming from and it ended up being them!!
 
Final check , shows just 13v 3000 rpm and fails to charge , with 'all' switched on , alternator seems to be slightly low on voltage , just making it , ..may account for the battery's falling over ...
 
Hi guys I've made a video on the 2012 Audi A3 SE 2..0 and i talk about the issues I've encountered with the car whilst doing the review.
 
The car's a serial fault generator , ID the alternator is k-nacked , disturbed the run on pump and that now leaks , oh and while where under the front, happen to notice, the power steering cooling loop pipe is more rust that metal .. found the only one on e-bay advertised as TT . luckily , 2001/2003 S3 Bam is the same , the TT bits are usually in better condx and lower mileage

Fixed the leak from the sump plug , now it just leaks water at the front .... fixed something ..bliss )
 
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