Battery replaced

[bigwheel]

30 months and the battery gave up, wouldn't hold a charge overnight.
Nearest dealer in Aberdeen is a 300 mile round trip. Asked my friendly local Vauxhall dealer in Dumbarton if they could get me a warranty replacement. Vauxhall Tech person agreed on the phone that my local dealer could replace the battery.

However, I quoted this forums' battery part number 93165357 62 amps but was told this was obsolete, due to a change in Vauxhall's battery supplier. New part number 93189923 65amps was delivered nearly a week later. Tried to get it into my CV8 but far too long for the battery tray, clamp wouldn't fit and forcing the + cable against the engine. Checked with Aberdeen who immediately gave me the correct part number 19003129 55amps (Vauxhall say 55 amps is sufficient). This battery is a common fit for many models and in-stock at your local dealer.

Can we get part number 19003129 added to the FAQ's?

[bigwheel]

Magic919 said:

bigwheel said:

Can we get part number 19003129 added to the FAQ's?

There's an email address in the FAQs for that.

I tried to email in the FAQ's and came up against a screen asking me something computer/technical about what type of email system I was sending to/from. Not got a clue about that!

Tried again today on another PC, avoiding the techy questions and seems to have gone through OK.

My Vauxhall battery replacement is free, under warranty. Halfords equivalents are a few pennies under £100.

[bigwheel]

the_ferret82 said:

just replaced my batter this weekend as the one VX stuck in in was a bit sh1t it had a habbit of draining its self real quick over the past few weeks.

Dare i say it but i went to Halfords and asked them and its not even on there system not that the 16 year old stopped idiot behind the counter new what the car was after explaining it was not a van.....

popped into my local car parts place where i am know all to well and give him the challenge and low and be hold 5 mins later i had a new battery paid for and in my hands for £75 . its a little longer than the VX one but fits perfectly and claps down well.

question to everyone. what's the amperage of the stand VX battery for a CV8 Ro? as the new ones 700Amps , but the old one its badly marked and looks like 65amps!!!!

I don't know all the techy spec systems for batteries but what you've found is 65 amp/hours compared to 700 amps.
Look at jetnoise link to Varta in his post above and you'll see under specifications the 2 differing types of values for a given battery ie a/h and amps.

I think the Monaro spec used to be 62 a/h but is now obsolete and replaced with 55 a/h.

Edited by bigwheel on Monday 6th April 18:50

[bigwheel]

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