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We had a night out in the van last week  all was great untill we went to set of in the morning, we were wild camping by the way, anyway the van wouldent start so had to call out the AA ,he tested the battery and told us it had had it's day

Managed to jump start us and we got home ok, my question is what size battery do we need ? it's a talbot express 93 diesel.

Do we just go to Halfords and tell them what it is or is there somewhere cheaper in the Midlands area?

Thank's a lot

Susan

Do you have a seperate battery for the lights etc, or are you using the main van battery only?

If you have a seperate battery, and the van battery has gone flat, is it usually a problem to start? If it is I'd suggest the biggest you can fit under the bonnet, but as it's a diesel it probably has the biggest (heavy duty version) there already.

There's always someone cheaper than Halfords, but if you stick to a known brand you shouldn't go wrong.

Whoever you buy it from should be able to tell you the correct battery for you van.

If you haven't got a seperate battery, it's well worth fitting one.

Mike

Hi Mike,  we have got a 110ah leisure for lights ect, so it's just the cab battery we need

Susan

yeah, the leisure battery is fine,

just got to find cab battery before next trip out which wont be to long hopefully, not this weekend though the weather forecast is not good.

Susan

I thought that, but cant find any info in the handbook,

Thanks anyway.

Susan

Try here and it should tell you which one you need. My Fiat 1.9TD uses a Type 017 which I replaced a couple of weeks ago, 90 a/h cost about £65.

http://www.performancebatteries.co.uk/cgi-bin/performance/commerce.cgi?page=manufacturers_lvc.htm 

Phil.

right I think I found the battery size we need in the handbook, it says 2.5 litre 4 cylinder 75 BHP (54KW) at 4100 RPM.

so i will ring that company this morning and see what they advise.

Thank you Nimrodphil very helpful.

Susan

Hi Susan, the figures you mention are the engine size and power output, not really anything to do with the battery. If you select the maker's link on the site I mentioned and then select any other bits asked for it will tell you which battery you need for your vehicle and then you can search around for the best deal, not necessarily the cheapest.

Phil.

a 2.5L deisel will probably need somthing around a 6-700 Cold Crank Amp battery (a large short burst for starting) if you go to either a battery specialist, or motor factor (not main stream ones) they will have a book with your van/engine in it and its corresponding battery.

Bigger the better for a deisel.

Quote: Originally posted by ssusan on 30/1/2008

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Hi Mike,  we have got a 110ah leisure for lights ect, so it's just the cab battery we need

Susan

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If you go into any place tht sells batteries and tell them what vehicle it is for they will sort you out, also look in the Internet, you will find that it is cheaper. Just select the base vehicle and away you go.