Battery power - or not?

[mjb]

Can someone with a D9 do me a favour and take it to the brink of stalling for me? Does the central display get very dim and flicker on and off?

Mine does, I suspect I've really got a dud battery causing me electric problems

Interestingly, eurocarparts' website wants to sell 406 V6 owners a low-end battery with about 400CCA (cold-cranking amps) capability instead of the 720CCA specified by Peugeot (apparently these things have issues with batteries that can't supply about 550CCA). If I want a strong battery, I need to tell the website it's a hdi110

[eoin27]

Can someone with a D9 do me a favour and take it to the brink of stalling for me? Does the central display get very dim and flicker on and off?

Mine does, I suspect I've really got a dud battery causing me electric problems

Interestingly, eurocarparts' website wants to sell 406 V6 owners a low-end battery with about 400CCA (cold-cranking amps) capability instead of the 720CCA specified by Peugeot (apparently these things have issues with batteries that can't supply about 550CCA). If I want a strong battery, I need to tell the website it's a hdi110

When the battery is low, the display fickers and the dash lights go a bit haywire. When you try to start it, you get a ticking noise.

[teamster1975]

Matt, have you checked this website that Steve came up with for batteries? The prices are pretty good! And free next day delivery!

[Welly]

When my battery was dying the mfd would say ELECTRONIC IGNITION FAULT whilst cranking.

[mjb]

When my battery was dying the mfd would say ELECTRONIC IGNITION FAULT whilst cranking.

Yeah, get that all the time

Really, annoying and embarrassing when you're sitting there for ages trying and failing to start your car

[milkybar]

Before you replace the battery test the Re-charge/voltage on ignition rate also... a duff alternator will cause the same problems too and many just knacker your lovely new expensive battery. I had a bora which at low revs would dim all the lights and the central locking would go haywire, replaced the battery which cured it for about a week but the alternator was the culpret.

Also.. check your earth strap. another cause of making the battery look duff but actually just making the battery/alternator work overtime!

if not just ignore me... usually the simple solution is the safe bet

Adam

[poddack]

Diesel needs lots of muscle to get spinning, the more CCA the better. A small one battery may upset the electronics since it's output will drop dramatically and it won't last half as long. Don't do it, get the big one!