MK5 Golf Battery Change

[cobra kid]

Morning all....

After a bit of a sluggish turnover this morning, I'm beginning to admit defeat on the original battery in my 2007 Golf.

When I change it, is there anything to watch for? Like a radio code for instance?

[Mercury00]

Just the radio code comes to mind.

[Slushbox]

If you have a battery charger, clip it on the battery connectors before you disconnect them.

[thebraketester]

If the radio is the original to the car then you won’t need a code.

[Josho]

Providing it's the original radio, you won't need a code.

[Chester draws]

You could get steering wheel and esp warning lights up when reconnect.

The systems recalibrate after a short amount of driving and go off.

(Evidence from battery change on my 2006 touran).

[cobra kid]

Slushbox said:

If you have a battery charger, clip it on the battery connectors before you disconnect them.

Aye, that's what I've done on other cars. I've had this one nearly 7 years now and only just showing signs of needing one.

[Penelope Stopit]

If you have another battery or a battery pack you could use jump leads to connect up to the cars battery leads, connecting a battery charger up to the car with no battery fitted could possibly result in causing a problem

[GreenV8S]

People doing this professionally will use a 'car memory saver', which is basically a 12V supply that you can connect into a cigar lighter socket to keep the car 12V system powered up while you swap the battery. You can get them quite cheaply. Or save yourself ten quid if you already have a regulated 12V supply and means to connect it. I wouldn't recommend using an unstabilised supply such as cheap battery charger since the voltage can be all over the place with these.

[thebraketester]

^^^ don't need any of that stuff.

Just need this...

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/varta/e44/

and a spanner to get the battery clamps off....


Job done.

[xjay1337]

thebraketester said:

^^^ don't need any of that stuff.

Just need this...

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/varta/e44/

and a spanner to get the battery clamps off....


Job done.

How are you.

[thebraketester]

xjay1337 said:

thebraketester said:

^^^ don't need any of that stuff.

Just need this...

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/varta/e44/

and a spanner to get the battery clamps off....


Job done.

How are you.

Good thanks mate... and you?

[GreenV8S]

Penelope Stopit said:

What a load of bks

Which part is bks?

It's a fact that memory savers exist.
It's a fact that they plug into car lighter sockets.
It's a fact that people who change batteries professionally use them.

[xjay1337]

thebraketester said:

Good thanks mate... and you?

Very well.... when you coming on a track day..... i have a skiddy machine now.....

[thebraketester]

xjay1337 said:

thebraketester said:

Good thanks mate... and you?

Very well.... when you coming on a track day..... i have a skiddy machine now.....

Next year maybe :-)

[Penelope Stopit]

GreenV8S said:

Penelope Stopit said:

What a load of bks

Which part is bks?

It's a fact that memory savers exist.
It's a fact that they plug into car lighter sockets.
It's a fact that people who change batteries professionally use them.

As someone here recently pointed out to me "the internet is full of bks"

If the lighter socket is powered by the ignition it isn't going to be so simple is it

[Penelope Stopit]

Some memory savers will die a death when connected to a low battery due to the current draw through them

I can't even find anything about max current in this PDF https://www.vinnybyrne.com/instructions/VS207_V2.p...

We know don't we that if current isn't mentioned the product is a load of bks

There is a warning in the PDF



What a load of bks

[Josho]

GreenV8S said:

Which part is bks?

It's a fact that memory savers exist.
It's a fact that they plug into car lighter sockets.
It's a fact that people who change batteries professionally use them.

No we don't.